Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Bernardino Luini (fl. 1512-1532)

1515-25

Oil on panel

62.23 x 51.43 cm (24 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches)

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Gift of Mrs. W. Scott Fitz

According to the museum website, “Like other Renaissance paintings of this subject, the beautiful faces of Salome and John belie the brutal violence of decapitation. This painting, its contours blurred by delicate shadows, is one of the works by Luini most indebted to Leonardo da Vinci.”

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