Salome With The Head Of Saint John The Baptist Artemisia

Salome with the head of saint john the baptist artemisia Stylistically and emotionally close to the sicilian paintings it could well have been painted in messina and then taken back to naples even if it was the work sent to wignacourt.

Salome with the head of saint john the baptist artemisia. Download this stock image. Rogier van der weyden s saint john triptych for miraflores and a reconsideration of salome oud holland 115 no. Luini executed several paintings of salome with the head of the baptist where the beautiful faces belie the brutal violence of decapitation. Caravaggio s salome with the head of john the baptist was in fact not listed in the inventory of the escorial until 1686.

During the renaissance john s head on a platter was widely understood to be a symbol for the host or sacramental bread in the christian ritual of the eucharist. The birth of saint john the baptist by artemisia gentileschi was part of a six painting portrayal of saint john s life with four of the paintings by massimo stanzione and one now lost by paolo finoglia for the hermitage of san juan bautista saint john the baptist on the grounds of buen rierto in madrid under orders from the viceroy of naples the conde de monterrey. Artemisia gentileschi s salome with the head of st john the baptist will be hand painted by our professional and experienced artist on real artist s canvas in the traditional way the real artist would paint. Prompted by her vengeful mother salome asked for the head of the prophet john the baptist whom herod had imprisoned for denouncing his marriage.

47 dates it about 1507.