File:Clevelandart 1953.424.jpg
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anonymous: Head of Saint John the Baptist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Head of Saint John the Baptist |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Salome’s dancing so pleased her stepfather Herod that he offered her anything she wanted. Her mother advised Salome to demand John the Baptist’s head, which Salome presented to her family in an elaborate dish. Here, the head stands on its own, with a startlingly tangible presence. Despite its biblical source, this work was meant for a domestic setting, whose owner would have admired the artful presentation of a shocking story. Acquired in 1953 as the work of the Venetian Renaissance artist Titian, the painting soon lost this attribution because it lacks Titian’s distinctive brushwork. After decades of research, the museum has yet to identify a clear author. Recently, several scholars have argued persuasively for a Spanish artist, partly because the subject is common in Spanish art in the early 1600s. Yet the color scheme and the handling of paint in the face recalls the work of earlier artists inspired by Titian in northern Italy. |
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Date | 1550 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Framed: 80.6 x 104.8 x 7.6 cm (31 3/4 x 41 1/4 x 3 in.); Unframed: 50 x 75.2 cm (19 11/16 x 29 5/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q657415
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Current location |
European Painting and Sculpture |
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Accession number |
1953.424 (Cleveland Museum of Art) |
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Place of creation | Spain or Northern Italy, mid 16th - mid 17th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References | https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.424 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.424 |
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Author | Gary Kirchenbauer |