The Head of Saint John the Baptist

The Head of Saint John the Baptist

Artist: Italian 16th Century Artist (Italian, not listed)

Original Dimensions: 18" x 15 1/4"

Location: National Gallery of Art, London

About Artwork: (1511) "Salome’s mother Herodias persuaded her to ask King Herod for the head of John the Baptist as a reward for her dancing (Matthew 14: 1–12). Herodias held a grudge against the Baptist for saying that her marriage to Herod was unlawful. The saint was beheaded and his head was then presented to Salome on a charger. There is some evidence that Leonardo painted a ‘Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger’ during his years in Milan, and there are many early sixteenth-century Milanese pictures of the subject which, like this one, may have been closely derived from Leonardo. The painting is inscribed in gold letters: MDXI / II.K[A]L.FEB. This translates as ‘1511, two days before the Kalends of February’ – meaning 31 January 1511. This was the day of the death of Charles II d'Amboise, governor of Milan, and the painting may have been commissioned to commemorate that event." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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