Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist

Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[handwritten by D. Koepplin on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Salome is shown wearing a dress made of exquisite brocade fabric and a richly decorated snood. She presents the decapitated head of St John the Baptist to the viewer on a plate.

[cda 2021]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Note D. Koepplin on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Koepplin Archive, c. 1969]

Dating
after 1600

Dating

after 1600

(?) [cda 2021]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 34.8 × 24.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 34.8 × 24.5 cm

  • [handwritten by D. Koepplin on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P525
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P525/

Provenance

- in the 1960s, Heinz Kisters collection
[handwritten by D. Koepplin on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Research History / Discussion

Dieter Koepplin saw the painting in original in January of 1969 and observed that:

- it was definitely not original

- a piece had been added at the top

[handwritten by D. Koepplin on the reverse of a b/w photograph, 1969; Koepplin Archive]

  • Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist, after 1600

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Salome
  • Salome, about 1510 - 1512
  • DE_BNMM_R8378
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  • Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

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