Salomé (Salome)

Salomé, filha de Herodes Filipe e Herodias, dançou para Herodes Antipas. Os evangelistas São Marcos (VI, 17-28) e São Mateus (XIV, 1-11) informam que, por influência da mãe, pediu como recompensa a cabeça de São João Baptista.


Salome, daughter of Herod Philip and Herodias, danced for Herod Antipas. The Evangelists St. Mark VI (17-28) and St. Matthew (XIV, 1-11) report that, under the influence of her mother, Salome asked for St. John the Baptist’s head as a reward.

Benozzo Gozzoli (ca 1420-1497)-'the dance of Salome or butterflies gold'-tempera on panel-(1461-1462) Washington-National Gallery of Art

Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553)-'Salome with the head of the Baptist'-oil on canvas-1530 Budapest-Szépmuvésti Múzeum

Guido Reni (1575-1642) )-'Salome with the head of the Baptist'-oil on canvas-(1639-1642) Chicago-Art Institute

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)-'Salome'-1607 London-National Gallery

Gaston Bussiere (1862-1929)-'Salome. Dance of seven veils'-oil on canvas Private collection