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Description: | Salome holds the severed head of St John the Baptist while Herodias pierces his tongue with a pin. This rare subject is derived from a sentence of St Jeromes Apologia adversus Rufinum, and is an example of the too-late suppression of the truth. The painting is an example of various methods of torture and execution and of the abuse of body-parts. The pomegranate in the velvet fabric cloak is a symbol of immortality and fertility in Middle Eastern religions. The painting is attributed to the Flemish seventeenth-century artist, Pieter de Grebber. | Subjects: | figure; religion (St John the Baptist; Salome); interior | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Grebber, Pieter de (Dutch artist, ca. 1600-ca. 1653) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8332... | Go to resource |
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