Salome carries the decapitated head of John the Baptist in a dish to the table where Herod and his wife sit. Extensively cropped along the right edge.
[Karl Schütz, 2011]
- Attributions
-
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)
Lucas Cranach the Younger
- Production date
- 1539
Production date
| 1539 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimension of support: 83.8 (l) 83.2 (r) x 80.3 cm (without bars)
Dimensions
Dimension of support: 83.8 (l) 83.2 (r) x 80.3 cm (without bars)
Dimensions of painted surface: 83.8 (l) 83.2 (r) x 80.3 cm
Dimensions including frame: 100.4 x 98.9 x 8.5 cm
(the panel has been thinned and cradled)
[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia top edge, centre: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1539'; in yellow paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia top edge, centre: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1539'; in yellow paint
[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel/cradle:
- on the vertical batten, top right:
paper label, 'Dépôt. Niederl.', handwritten amendment: 'Cranach d.J. Herodias Prag …Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel/cradle:
- on the vertical batten, top right:
paper label, 'Dépôt. Niederl.', handwritten amendment: 'Cranach d.J. Herodias Prag Inv.232 753'
- on the vertical batten, bottom centre:
black paint, stenciled: 'Doppeladler P.232'
- on the vertical batten, bottom right:
Inventory label: 'Gemälde Galerie des Allerh. Kaiserhauses No 3567'
- on the reverse of the panel, bottom right:
stamp: 'GI 1949'
[Karl Schütz, 2011]
- Owner
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Repository
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Location
- Vienna
- CDA ID
- AT_KHM_GG3567
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR366D
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_KHM_GG3567/
- on the vertical batten, top right:
