Dance of Salome

Sano di Pietro (1405-1481)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

15th century

Height:

23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)

Width:

33.0 cm  (13 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

Description

Salome dances and holds a tambourine as she sees the head of St. John the Baptist on a platter

People as subjects

Salome (Biblical figure) (ca. 14-ca. 62) (Musician)
St. John the Baptist
Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee (before 20 BCE – after 39 CE)

Iconclass

73C133
Salome dancing during the banquet of Herod
73C1338
the head of John the Baptist on a platter

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tambourine [2746]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

1288