Feast Of Herod

The Feast of Herod refers to the episode in the

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following the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, when

Salome Salome (; he, שְלוֹמִית, Shlomit, related to , "peace"; el, Σαλώμη), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II, son of Herod the Great, and princess Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great, an ...

presents his head to her parents. The account in the Book of Mark describes Herod holding a banquet on his birthday for his high officials and military commanders, and leading men of

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. At this banquet, Herod's daughter dances before Herod, who is pleased and offers her anything she asks for in return. The girl asks her mother what she should request, and she is told to demand the head of John the Baptist. Reluctantly, Herod orders the beheading of John, and John's head is delivered to her, at her request, "on a platter."() Numerous artistic depictions of the event have been made. Usually the moment shown is the arrival of the head on the platter at the table, carried by

. Sometimes the execution itself is shown as a subsidiary scene. The dance of Salome is less often shown before the 19th century; it became more popular after

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's play ''

'' of 1891, which invented the term Dance of the Seven Veils. In the 16th-century, Salome carrying the head, usually with her maid, became a popular subject, usually called ''Salome with the Head of John the Baptist'', led by Titian's depiction of c. 1515, and with different depictions by

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in London and in Madrid. Depictions of the main feast include: * ''The Feast of Herod'' (Donatello), a bronze relief sculpture by Donatello, c. 1427 *''

Feast of Herod with the Beheading of St John the Baptist The ''Feast of Herod with the Beheading of St John the Baptist'' is a large painting by the Silesian artist Bartholomeus Strobel the Younger (1591 – about 1650) which is now displayed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. In oil on canvas, it ...

'', by Bartholomeus Strobel, early 17th century (Prado) *A fresco in the cycle '' Stories of St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist'' by

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in Prato Cathedral * ''The Feast of Herod'' (Rubens), an oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1635 *'' Salome Dancing before Herod'', Gustave Moreau, 1876 *

Dance of Salome (paintings) ''The Dance of Salomé'' is the title of a series of 160 works consisting of 85 paintings and 75 drawings created by Nabil Kanso in 1988 and 1995. It is based on biblical and literary works with particular reference to Oscar Wilde’s 1891 pla ...

, a large series of works by Nabil Kanso, 1988-95 * ''The Feast of Herod'' (Gozzoli), a tempera painting by Benozzo Gozzoli, c. 1461 *'' The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist'', a tempera painting by an unknown Romagnole painter, c. 1300 * Peruzzi Chapel, the third fresco in a series of ''Scenes from the Life of St John the Baptist'' by Giotto, c. 1320 * ''The Feast of Herod'' (Giovanni di Paolo), a tempera painting by

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