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ID: 901001189
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001189
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (Christian iconography)

Note: Narrative or devotional scene of Salome holding or observing the severed head of John the Baptist.

Names:
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (Christian iconography) (preferred,t,English-P,D,P)
Salome con la testa di San Giovanni Battista (Christian iconography) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<New Testament narratives> (P)
............Life of Saint John the Baptist (Christian iconography) (I)
................Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (Christian iconography) (P)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Salome
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Salome (Christian character)) [901001909]
actor is .... John the Baptist, Saint
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, John the Baptist, Saint (Abrahamic religion iconography)) [901001056]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Christianity
.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... beheading
.....(executions (personal life events), deaths, personal life events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (Christian iconography)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in this and other entries, 73C13341 Salome with the head of John the Baptist on a dish
................ICCD database (1988-)
Salome con la testa di San Giovanni Battista (Christian iconography)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437699
................ ICCD database (1988-)
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/228/cornelis-engebrechtsz-salome-with-the-head-of-john-the-baptist-dutch-about-1490/
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in this and other entries, 73C13341 Salome with the head of John the Baptist on a dish

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