Monday, December 2, 2013

Salome

This is a favorite of Professor Hamburgh.  It is Fra Filippo Lippi's Feast of Herod in the Prato cathedral (1452-1460).  It is a three-story painting showing the beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Salome dancing, and presenting of Saint John the Baptist's head to King Herod.



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  1. AnonymousDecember 2, 2013 at 4:11 PM

    What is the story behind this work? Is it part of the chapel you wrote about previously?

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  2. hhamburghDecember 4, 2013 at 5:26 PM

    Note that the head of the baptist is being handed in from the adjoining wall

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