Salome Receiving John the Baptist’s Head on a Platter (folio 112 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
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Herod, King of Judea, sits on a Mughal-style throne as his wife’s daughter Salome reaches for the freshly severed head of John the Baptist. John had offended Herod’s wife, so she took revenge by having her daughter seduce Herod into granting her this wish. Salome is depicted modestly in this painting, and the court musician at the lower left looks on in disgust. The lion head capitals on the pillars above Herod are upside down, seemingly in disapproval of the debauched king.

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A richly detailed Mughal painting depicts a seated emperor surrounded by attendants and musicians during a formal audience.

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