Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist by Bernardino Luini, 1500s or later. oil on canvas. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist · Bernardino Luini · 1500s or later · Cleveland Museum of Art

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Bernardino Luini

Year
1500s or later
Medium
oil on canvas
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
License
Public Domain

Bernardino Luini’s “Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist” depicts the biblical story in oil on canvas. Created in the 1500s or later. Cleveland, Ohio.

Salome holds the severed head of John the Baptist on a platter. The painting captures the moment of presentation, a dramatic scene from the New Testament.

Luini was part of Leonardo’s circle in Milan. Known for painting graceful figures with elongated eyes, sometimes mistaken for Leonardo’s own work.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.824

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