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Description: | The subject painted by Rubens was meant to warn the specatator about the folly of men who submit to the caprices of women. Rubens' spectacular early painting Samson and Delilah (National Gallery, London), which originally hung in his own house in Antwerp, conveyed a similar message about the power of women in bringing about the downfall of man, as Eve had done to Adam by offering the apple. The subject The Head of John the Baptist occasioned a number of copies, notably by Hieronimus Francken in 1609 and by other artists in Rubens' studio as well as his immediate circle. This work is clearly a much later reinterpretation of Rubens' subject. | Subjects: | religion (Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8368... | Go to resource |
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