Salome Dancing before Herod
1876 oil painting by Gustave Moreau / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Salome Dancing before Herod (French: Salomé dansant devant Hérode) is an oil painting produced in 1876 by the French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau. The subject matter is taken from the New Testament, depicting Salome—the daughter of Herod II and Herodias—dancing before Herod Antipas.
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French: Salomé dansant devant Hérode | |
Artist | Gustave Moreau |
Year | 1876 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Movement | Symbolism |
Dimensions | 143.5 cm × 104.3 cm (56.5 in × 41.1 in) |
Location | Hammer Museum, Los Angeles |
The work took Moreau seven years to paint.[1] It created a sensation when it was exhibited for the first time in Paris at the Salon of 1876 and is arguably Moreau's most important work.[2][3] The painting is kept today in the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, United States, where an exhibition—A Strange Magic: Gustave Moreau's Salome—devoted to this painting took place in 2012.[2]