Salome with the Head of John the Baptist
Cleveland Museum of Art

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Nicolaus Knupfer (Dutch, 1603–1655) · c. 1650

pen and brown ink, brown washes and white heightening (oxidized), over black chalk on antique laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The stoic Salome in this drawing awaits the head of John the Baptist so that she can deliver it to King Herod on a salver.

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