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Courtly Portrait of a Lady, formerly Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist
Lucas Cranach the Elderaround 1530
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Nuremberg, Germany
The painting formerly was an upright format, the head of John the Baptist was depicted on the lower section of the panel. This part was sawn off because it was felt to be too repulsive. By doing so the portrait turned the presentation of Salome into an icon of old-style German beauty that Wilhelm Hauff celebrated in a novella in 1826.
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- Title: Courtly Portrait of a Lady, formerly Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist
- Creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder
- Date Created: around 1530
- Location: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, permanent exhibition "Renaissance, Baroque, Enlightenment"
- Physical Dimensions: H 58,6 cm x B 59,8 cm
- Original Source: permanent loan of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Munich - Alte Pinakothek
- Rights: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg
- Medium: Painting on limewood
- Art Movement: Renaissance
- Artist Dates: 1472 - 1553
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