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Salome, to the right, witnesses the execution of Saint John; she holds a dish to receive his severed head. In the biblical story Salome’s dance enchanted Herod and his wife Herodias, who persuaded her husband to have the saint executed. The artist painted two versions of this dramatic subject, full of exotic details and complex symbolism. Puvis uses a deliberately archaic style which heightens our sense of witnessing a mysterious event from the past.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Birmingham
Date
1869
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 124.5 x W 166 cm
Accession number
56.5
Acquisition method
purchased, 1956
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Signed and dated: Puvis de Chavannes/14 Xbre 1869
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TS England
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