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The Feast of Herod refers to the episode in the Gospels following the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, when Salome presents his head to her parents. The account in the Book of Mark describes Herod Antipas holding a banquet on his birthday for his high officials and military commanders, and leading men of Galilee. At this banquet, Herod's ...
The Feast of Herod is a bronze relief sculpture created by Donatello circa 1427. It was made for the font of the Siena Baptistery of San Giovanni in Italy. It is one of Donatello's earliest relief sculptures, and his first bronze relief. [ 1 ]
The Feast of Herod with the Beheading of St John the Baptist is a large painting by the Silesian artist Bartholomeus Strobel the Younger (1591 – about 1650) which is now displayed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. In oil on canvas, it measures 2.80 by 9.52 metres (9 ft 2 in × 31 ft 3 in), and is variously dated between about 1630 and 1643. [1]
The Feast of Herod " " Part of: baptismal font of the Siena Baptistry ... Herod's banquet . Date: 1427 Early Renaissance (1420s –1500) Medium: bronze ...
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, Giovanni Baronzio, c. 1330–1335, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Entombment of the Baptist, Andrea Pisano, 1330; St. John the Evangelist and Stories from His Life, Giovanni del Biondo, 1360–70; Feast of Herod, Spinello Aretino, 1385; The Banquet of Herod, Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1400
The scene of Herod's banquet concludes the story of St. John the Baptist. It is set within a majestic, classical-style hall with a painted arch. The barrel vault resembles that of the Basilica of Maxentius in Rome. Two tables along the sides underline the perspective-based composition: the women sit at the left one, while the men are seated at ...
At a glittering state banquet in Buckingham Palace, King Charles has praised his Qatari guests for their “tireless mediation efforts over the past year in pursuit of peace”. The Emir of Qatar ...
English: A banquet scene in a palace. In foreground, several couples dancing around musicians standing on a high stand. In background, left: beheading of St. John, the Baptist; right: Herod’s family with the head of St. John.