1504
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist is a 1504 unspecified by Luini Bernardino, a High Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a woman holding a plate with a man's head on it. This painting tells a story from the Bible, but it was meant to be seen in someone's home. The story is violent, but the way it's presented is elegant and refined. Look up The Cleveland Museum of Art to learn more about this painting and others like it.
Salome’s dancing so pleased her stepfather Herod that he offered her anything she wanted. Her mother advised Salome to demand John the Baptist’s head, which Salome presented to her family on an elaborate dish. Despite its biblical source, this work was meant for a domestic setting, whose owner would have admired the elegant presentation of a shocking story.
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Bernardino Luini (c. 1480/82 – June 1532) was a north Italian painter from Leonardo's circle during the High Renaissance. Both Luini and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio were said to have worked with Leonardo directly; he…
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