Luca Giordano
Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist and an attendant
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Luca Giordano
Naples 1634–1705
Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist and an attendant
signed lower right: Jordanus / F.
oil on canvas
unframed: 100.5 x 75.5 cm.; 39⅝ x 29¾ in.
framed: 121.5 x 95.5 cm.; 47⅞ x 37⅝ in.
Anonymous sale, Milan, Blindarte, 16 May 2018, lot 242;
Where acquired by the present owner.
Stylistically, this arresting painting can be dated to Giordano's early phase and compares closely to the works he produced during the 1660s and 1670s, when the influence of his teacher Jusepe de Ribera can be observed. The composition also draws parallels with Guido Reni's Salome holding the head of John the Baptist, completed c. 1638–39.1
We are grateful to Prof. Riccardo Lattuada for endorsing the attribution to Giordano, and for confirming that this work will be included in a forthcoming publication.
1 Inv. no. 191; oil on canvas, 134 x 97 cm., Palazzo Barberini, Rome.
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