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/