Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist

Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist

Title

Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist

[cda 2014]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 213, no. 115]

The half-length composition shows Salome with the head of St John the Baptist on a silver plate against a dark background. She wears a dark red robe with numerous decorative slits and filigrain embroidery along the hem. Her attire is complemented by a neckband decorated with pearls and precious stones

The half-length composition shows Salome with the head of St John the Baptist on a silver plate against a dark background. She wears a dark red robe with numerous decorative slits and filigrain embroidery along the hem. Her attire is complemented by a neckband decorated with pearls and precious stones and a chain wrapped twice around her neck. However her most striking accessory is the bridal crown placed on top of her pinned up hair.

[Herrschaft, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 16] [Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 213, no. 115]

Production date
about 1526 - 1530

Production date

about 1526 - 1530

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 213, no. 115]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 73.5 x 54 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 73.5 x 54 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 213, no. 115]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Repository
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Location
Budapest
CDA ID
HU_SMB_145
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/HU_SMB_145/

Provenance

  • 1770 in Bratislava castle
  • from the imperial collections in Vienna
    [Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 213, no. 115]

Exhibitions

Brussels 2010, no. 115
Wrocław 2017, no. 16

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 192, fn. 4 under no. 42
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017 126-127 016 Fig. p. 127
EditorEwa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
TitleModa na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication2017
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 279
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
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Bücken 2010 58
AuthorVeronique Bücken
TitleHeroinen und Femmes Fatales im Werk von Lucas Cranach
Publicationin Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
Pages54-65
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Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010 213 115 pp. 213, 239
EditorBozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
TitleDie Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
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Cat. Budapest 2003 31-32
EditorIldikó Ember, István Takács
TitleMuseum of Fine Arts Budapest. Old Masters' Gallery. Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3: German, Austrian, Bohemian and British Paintings
Volume3
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication2003
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Cat. Budapest 1967 167
AuthorAndor Pigler
TitleKatalog der Galerie Alter Meister I-II
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1967
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Fenyo 1954 51-52
AuthorIvan Fenyo
TitleUn dessin, et quelques tableaux de Cranach au Musée des Beaux-Arts
JournalBulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts
Issue5 (1954)
Year of Publication1954
Pages44-53
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Research History / Discussion

Although Fenyö already specifically pointed out the painting's quality in 1954 and advocated its reevaluation it remained practically unknown. It was disregarded in favour of a more opulent Salome with a view of a landscape, also in the collection of the museum in Budapest. [...]

According to medieval legends Salome secretly loved St John the Baptist. The young princess' bridal crown perhap indicates the validity of such interpretations.

[Miklós Gálos, Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 213, No. 115]

  • Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist, about 1526 - 1530

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared Reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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