Salome dancing before Herod

Unknown (Catalan)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

mid-15th century

Height:

87.0 cm  (34 1/4 in.)

Width:

85.7 cm  (33 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera and gold on wood

Description

Salome dancing and playing fiddle in front of a banquet table behind which Herod, Herodias and their guests are standing.

People as subjects

Salome (Biblical figure) (ca. 14-ca. 62) (Dancer)
Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee (before 20 BCE – after 39 CE) (Non-musician/dancer)
Herodias (died after 39 CE) (Non-musician/dancer)

Iconclass

73C133
Salome dancing during the banquet of Herod

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3771