Tag: Salome

The Feast of Herod (1531)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Feast of Herod 1531 Oil on panel, 81.3 x 119.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The biblical story of Salome was popular during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, when it was seen as a cautionary tale of…

Salomè con la testa del Battista (c.1550)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 87 x 80 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Salome, an Edomite princess born of Herodias and the wife of Herod Philip…

Salomè con la testa del Battista (c.1480-1482)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist) c.1480–1482 Oil on panel, 21 x 40.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Predella of the Altarpiece of St. Barnabas. Altarpiece of St. Barnabas: Botticelli,…

Salomè con la testa del Battista (c.1609-1610)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist) c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 106.7 cm National Gallery, London The story of the death of Saint John the Baptist is related in the Gospel…