Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist by Benjamin West

Woman in white turban holding a platter with the severed head of a bearded man against a dark background.

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Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (copy after Guido Reni), Benjamin West (1763), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A woman in a white turban and blue wrap holds a platter bearing the severed, bearded head of a man with closed eyes, set against a dark background. The painting is a copy after Guido Reni, made by Benjamin West in 1763, and depicts the biblical subject of Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist.

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Date

1763

Medium

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

Themes

Portraits, Religion