Salome
Biblical figure
Dates: 1st century ADFamily connections: daughter of Herodias, stepdaughter of Herod Antipas
In the New Testament, Gospel of Mark 6:15-29 and Gospel of Matthew 14:1-12, the story of Salome is told: her stepfather, Herod Antipas, asked her to dance for him at a banquet, and promised her anything she asked for in return. Prompted by her mother, Herodias, who had been angered that St. John the Baptist had criticized her marriage, Salome asked for the head of St. John the Baptist.
The image of Salome has been a favorite of artists and Oscar Wilde even wrote a one-act play (1893) that later was the basis of an opera by Richard Strauss.
Salome on this site
- Salome and Herodias - A Curious Mother's Day Story by Barbara Nell
Salome on the Net - biographies
- Salome - The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912
Salome on the Net - Salome in Art and Music
- Salome - Riemenschneider Tilman 1500-1510
- Salome - Berruguete - 1512-16
- Salome - Lucas the Elder Cranach - 1530
- Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist - Caravaggio - c. 1607
- Salome with the Head of the Baptist - Caravaggio - c. 1609
- Salome Presented with the Head of St. John - Leonaert Bramer - 1630s
- Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist - Mattia Preti (1613-1699)
Also on this site
About Salome
- Categories: Women in the Bible, notorious women, images of women in art
- Places: Biblical Israel
- Period: 1st century
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