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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 ...
When Caravaggio was defrocked in absentia as a "foul and rotten member" by the Order about six months after his induction, the ceremony took place in the Oratory, before this very painting. [6] [12] Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, Caravaggio (Madrid) Caravaggio did several pieces depicting the moments after the event depicted here.
Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist, Sandro Botticelli, 1488, Uffizi, Florence; Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, Cornelis Engelbrechtsz, c. 1490, J. Paul Getty Museum; The Head of St. John the Baptist, with Mourning Angels and Putti, Jan Mostaert, early 16th century, National Gallery, London
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (Giovanni di Paolo) The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (Caravaggio) Bevilacqua-Lazise Altarpiece; Birth of John the Baptist (Signorelli) The Birth of Saint John the Baptist (Artemisia Gentileschi) Braque Triptych; Brera Madonna; The Burial of the Count of Orgaz; Burning Bush Triptych
Caravaggio's decision to paint John the Baptist as a youth was somewhat unusual for the age: the saint was traditionally shown as either an infant, together with the infant Jesus and possibly his own and Jesus's mother, or as an adult, frequently in the act of baptising Jesus. Nevertheless, it was not totally without precedent.
The painting which had been lost or misattributed for over 200 years was rediscovered in 1987 and in 1998 sold for $5.5 million US. The work then became part of the Fisch-Davidson collection of Baroque paintings and in turn was sold in February 2023 during Sotheby's Old Masters sale for $26.9 million the third highest ever price for a work by ...