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Salome with the Head of John the Baptist is a c. 1527 oil-on-panel painting by Bernardino Luini. It was in the Imperial Gallery, in Vienna, until 1773, when it was swapped for another work and arrived in Florence, where it now hangs in the Uffizi Gallery. Six autograph variants of the work are also now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Prado Museum and Prince Borromeo's collection in Isola Bella.
At the time of its arrival in Florence it was attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but was reattributed to Luini by Gouthiez based on an 1890 inventory - Beltrami dated it to c. 1527-1530, late in Luini's life. Art historians argue that Salome's face was based on Leonardo's La Scapigliata.
The painting depicts an executioner, who is propping the severed head of John the Baptist into a footed stand resting on a ledge and held by Salome (or possibly Herodias). On the left, an old woman with a veiled head, probably a maid, witnesses the scene. The face of the executioner is described with almost caricatural features, which enhance his ugliness and wickedness, in contrast with the delicate features of the lifeless face of the Baptist. Particular attention is paid to the sumptuous dress of Salome, characteristic of the fashion of the early 16th century, as well to her elaborate braided hair. Leonardo's influence is particularly evident in the girl's face.

Gruppo bronzeo, composto da tre sculture a tutto tondo, con il battista inginocchiato, al centro, pronto a ricevere la lama brandita dal carnefice sotto gli occhi di Salomè, fu modellato dal Danti Vincenzo fra il 1569 e 1570 e montato sulla porta sud del battistero nel 1571.
L'opera originale , attualmente, si trova presso il Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Firenze.

Italia: Toscana, Firenze (FI)

spettacolo Chiaroscuro
musiche eseguite da Tinto Nuevo
Fondation Juan Marh, Madrid, dicembre 2019
foto Fondation Juan March

spettacolo Chiaroscuro
musiche eseguite da Tinto Nuevo
Fondation Juan Marh, Madrid, dicembre 2019
foto Fondation Juan March

spettacolo PGR
Copertino, 27/dic/18
foto Massimo Alligri

spettacolo PGR
Copertino, 27/dic/18
foto Massimo Alligri

spettacolo PGR
Copertino, 27/dic/18
foto Massimo Alligri

spettacolo PGR
Copertino, 27/dic/18
foto Massimo Alligri

spettacolo PGR
Copertino, 27/dic/18
foto Massimo Alligri

L'immagine mostra una delle scene tratta dalle "Storie della vita di San Giovanni Battista" dipinta da Filippo Lippi nel coro del Duomo di Prato (1452-1465)

La fonte biblica del dipinto è Matteo 14: 6-11 o Marco 6: 21-8, dove la figlia di Erodiade danzò per il suo patrigno, Erode, nel giorno stesso del suo compleanno. Come ricompensa egli le promise qualunque cosa avesse desiderato e, spinta dalla madre, ella scelse la testa di San Giovanni Battista, che in seguito portò ad Erodiade in un vassoio d'argento. La figlia divenne quindi nota in letteratura come Salomè; il tema è stato trattato in modo memorabile nel XIX secolo, tra l'altro, da Richard Strauss e Oscar Wilde.

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The picture shows one of the scenes from the "Stories from the Life of St John the Baptist" painted by Filippo Lippi in the choir of the Prato Cathedral (1452-65)

The biblical source for the painting is Matthew 14:6-11 or Mark 6:21-8, where the daughter of Herodias danced for her stepfather, Herod, on his birthday. As a reward he promised her anything she wanted and, prompted by her mother, she chose the head of Saint John the Baptist, which she then carried to Herodias on a silver charger. The daughter subsequently became known in literature as Salome, and the theme was memorably treated in the nineteenth century by Richard Strauss and Oscar Wilde amongst others.

Text source:
www.wga.hu/index.html

Spanish postcard. Lyda Borelli in Oscar Wilde's play Salome. Photo by Amadeo, Pelayo 62, Barcelona. In May 1912 Borelli performed at the Teatro Català in Barcelona in the play Salome by Wilde. This photo may have been taken then.

Lyda Borelli (1887-1959) was already an acclaimed stage actress before she became the first diva of the Italian silent cinema. The fascinating film star caused a craze among female fans called 'Borellismo'.

Spanish postcard. Lyda Borelli in Oscar Wilde's play Salome. Photo by Amadeo, Pelayo 62, Barcelona. In May 1912 Borelli performed at the Teatro Català in Barcelona in the play Salome by Wilde. This photo may have been taken then.

Lyda Borelli (1887-1959) was already an acclaimed stage actress before she became the first diva of the Italian silent cinema. The fascinating film star caused a craze among female fans called 'Borellismo'.

DOSSO DOSSI (GIOVANNI LUTERI), attribuito a
"Salomè presenta a Erode la testa del Battista"
Tavola, 1510-1530 c.
prov. Collezione Lazzaroni, Roma
coll. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara (inv. 425)

Photo Acerbi-De Simone (c) 1975

Photo Acerbi-De Simone (c) 1975

Photo Acerbi-De Simone (c) 1975

Photo Acerbi-De Simone (c) 1975