Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Madrid) (Caravaggio)
- Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Madrid) (Caravaggio)
Infobox Painting|
title=Salome with the Head of
John the Baptist (Madrid)
artist=Caravaggio
year=c. 1609
type=Oil on canvas
height=116
width=140
museum=Palacio Real de Madrid
"Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Madrid)", c. 1609, is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio in the Palacio Real, Madrid.
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. 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."
ee also
*Chronology of works by Caravaggio
References
*cite book|first=John |last=Gash|title=Caravaggio|year=2003|id=ISBN 1-904449-22-0
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