Oil painting of Salomé in diaphanous dancing garb, being urged by her mother, Herodias, to demand an oath of her stepfather, Herod Antipas. According to tradition, she demanded the head of John the Baptist. The setting is the courtyard of a luxurious palace, with part of Salomé's audience in the background. Behind the pair is an ornately carved wall and a large statue of a snarling lion.