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Salome met het hoofd van Johannes de Doper

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Dutch painter and designer of woodcuts (before 1470-1533) · 1472–1533

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Date: 1524
Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
Culture: Amsterdam
Institution: Rijksmuseum

Salome danced seductively for King Herod, and, as a reward, she was granted a wish. Urged on by her mother Herodias, Salome asked for the head of John the Baptist, who had criticized Herodias’ adultery with the king. Salome is showing us her prize, the saint’s head on a platter.

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