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Salome holds John the Baptist's severed head by his hair over a platter, which is supported by a semi-kneeling servant. Her gaze is direct as she looks serenely at the pale head. A servant pulls a curtain aside and looks upon the scene. Two female attendants stand behind Salome, neither seems horrified.
Batoni was one of the most famous portrait painters in Rome in the second-half of the eighteenth century. This is his copy of Guido Reni's painting of 1639/1642, originally in the Palazzo Colonna, Rome. Reni’s painting was subsequently owned by the Earls of Darnley at Cobham Hall and now hangs in the Art Institute in Chicago.
Title
Salome with the Head of the Baptist
Date
c.1740–1762
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 261.5 x W 175 cm
Accession number
732316
Acquisition method
gift from Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare along with the estate, house and its contents, 1946
Work type
Painting
National Trust, Stourhead
Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 6QD England
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