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Salome dances at the feast of Herod and the beheading of John the Baptist
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Herod sits with his guests at a table and watches the dancing Salome. He promises to give her anything she asks. She then asks for the head of John the Baptist. In the background, the executioner has just beheaded John the Baptist and places the head on the platter held by Salome.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSalome danst op het feest van Herodes en de onthoofding van Johannnes de Doper. 1600 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
