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Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
Bernardino Luini (Italian, c. 1480-c. 1532)1500s or later
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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 in 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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- Title: Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
- Creator: Bernardino Luini (Italian, c. 1480-c. 1532)
- Date Created: 1500s or later
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 72.1 x 87 x 5.7 cm (28 3/8 x 34 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 46.6 x 59.7 cm (18 3/8 x 23 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: [Baron Persi, Paris, 1810];, Count Eric Bentzel-Sternau, Mariahalden Gallery, Erlenbach, Switzerland, until after 1847;, Miner K. Kellogg, Paris, by 1855;, Mr. and Mrs. Liberty E. Holden, Cleveland, 1889, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.824
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, Milan, 16th century
- Credit Line: Holden Collection
- Collection: P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
- Accession Number: 1916.824
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