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 thePalacio Real ,Madrid .The early Caravaggio biographer
Giovanni Bellori , writing in1672 , records the artist sending a "Salome with the Head ofJohn the Baptist " fromNaples to the Grand Master of theKnights of Malta , FraAlof de Wignacourt , in the hope of regaining favour after having been expelled from the Order in1608 . 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
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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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