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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 ...
The painting was discovered in a private collection in 1959. The early Caravaggio biographer Giovanni Bellori, writing in 1673, mentions a Salome with the Head of John the Baptist sent by the artist to the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta in the hope of regaining favour after having been expelled from the Order in 1608.
Salome (Henry Ossawa Tanner) Salomé (Moretto) Salome (Stuck) Salome Dancing before Herod; Salome Receives the Head of John the Baptist; Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Luini) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Stom) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Caravaggio, London) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist ...
Measuring 3.7 m by 5.2 m, it depicts the execution of John the Baptist. It is located in the Oratory of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta. According to Andrea Pomella in Caravaggio: An Artist through Images (2005), the work is widely considered to be Caravaggio's masterpiece as well as "one of the most important works in Western painting."
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Catherine of Alexandria (Perugino) Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Catherine of Alexandria (Previtali) Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Mary Magdalene; Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist (Correggio, Madrid)
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John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the Wilderness) was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). The story of John the Baptist is told in the Gospels. John was the cousin of Jesus, and his calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.
Salome with the Head of John the Baptist may refer to: Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Caravaggio, London) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Caravaggio, Madrid) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist; Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen; see 120 Paintings from the Rijksmuseum