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Description: | This painting was formerly considered to be a portrait of an unknown lady. It is likely to be a fragment from a larger composition, possibly representing a religious subject. The female figure holding a tray may be Salome. Her jewellery, the elaborate head-dress worn over loose hair and the vaguely oriental details of her robe often appear in images of the woman who is held responsible for the decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. The figure is painted on thin cotton which has a blue and white checked pattern on the back. It is probably a seventeenth-century work by a Spanish or Flemish painter. | Subjects: | religion (Salome (?)) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Flemish School Æ Attributed to Attributed to Spanish School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8921... | Go to resource |
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