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Bernardino Luini

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

1500s or later
oil on canvas
46.6 × 59.7 cm (18.3 × 23.5 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

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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