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 2024]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2024]

A three-quarter length figure of Salome in front of a red curtain. She holds a tray with the head of John the Baptist in her hands and is wearing a sumptuous green robe with gold brocade borders. Her hair is pinned up under an ornate bonnet, and on top of

A three-quarter length figure of Salome in front of a red curtain. She holds a tray with the head of John the Baptist in her hands and is wearing a sumptuous green robe with gold brocade borders. Her hair is pinned up under an ornate bonnet, and on top of this she wears a beret. Her neck is adored with a double-link chain, a large chain necklace, a band with precious stones and pearls, and a pendant with a heart and arrow.

[cda 2024]

Attribution
Master IW

Attribution

Master IW

[Národní galerie v Praze, revised 2024]

Production date
about 1525

Production date

about 1525

[Prager Zeitung, So nah - so fern, accessed 02.04.2024]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 76 × 56 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 76 × 56 cm

  • [Kronusová 2021, 68]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Repository
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Location
Prague
CDA ID
CZ_NGP_O19179
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_NGP_O19179/

Provenance

  • vermutlich von einem Mitglied der in Böhmen und Sachsen wirkenden Familie Schlick in Auftrag gegeben; nachdem die Güter von Joachim Andreas von Schlick nach der Schlacht am Weißen Berg beschlagnahmt wurden, in den Besitz der Markgrafen von Baden übergegangen
    [Prager Zeitung, So nah - so fern, accessed 02.04.2024]
  • 2018 aus Wiener Privatsammlung erworben
    [Národní galerie v Praze, revised 2024]

Exhibitions

Prague 2019

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Kronusová 2021 32, 68
AuthorPavlína Kronusová
TitleDámský svatební oděv na renesančních portrétech českých šlechtičen
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2021
Link https://dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handle/20.500.11956/152618/130314818.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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  • Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist, about 1525

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