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Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Caravaggio, Madrid)






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Salome with the Head of
John the Baptist (Madrid)
ArtistCaravaggio
Yearc. 1609
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions116 cm × 140 cm (46 in × 55 in)
LocationRoyal Collections Gallery, Madrid

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Madrid), c. 1609, is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio in the Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid.[1]

The early Caravaggio biographer Giovanni Bellori, writing in 1672, records the artist sending a Salome with the Head of John the Baptist from Naples to the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, Fra Alof de Wignacourt, in the hope of regaining favour after having been expelled from the Order in 1608.[1] It seems likely that this is the work, according to Caravaggio scholar John Gash. Gash also notes that the executioner, looking down at the severed head, helps transform the painting "from a provocative spectacle into a profound meditation on death and human malevolence."

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  1. ^ a b Hibbard, Howard (5 March 1985). The Caravaggio: Reflections on Political Change and the Clinton Administration. Westview Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-06-430128-2. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2010.

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