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Cleveland Museum of Art148366portraitJacob Duck (Dutch, c. 1600–1667)mid-1600sCC0cma sacred-art portraits objects-with-gravity sacred art objects with gravity mother infant death mourning portrait baroque oil_painting dark sad muted browns reds grey 17th_century religious drama emotion stillness familial salome the head saint john baptistJacob Duck (Dutch, c. 1600–1667) mid-1600s Netherlands oil on wood Painting European PortraitSacred & Devotional Faces in Time Objects with Gravity
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Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist by Jacob Duck (Dutch, c. 1600–1667) (mid-1600s). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.79
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The colorful, exotic garments worn by the woman at the right demonstrate Jacob Duck’s skill in painting luxurious surfaces: she is Salome, daughter of Herodias. According to the New Testament, Herodias bore a grudge against John the Baptist, who condemned her marriage to Herod, ruler of Galilee and Perea. At a celebration dinner, Salome so charmed Herod with her dancing that he offered her anything she desired—and Herodias convinced Salome to demand John the Baptist’s head. Rather than depicting the actual execution, Duck focused on the executioner’s muscled physique as he departs the scene, turning to look at the viewer after having presented Salome with John’s severed head.
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A somber scene depicts a distraught mother cradling her lifeless infant, accompanied by a menacing figure outside a doorway.
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