Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the Head of John the Baptist to her Parents [right]
date: label: Date
content: 1595 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, left: Interior view of King Herod's banquet hall. In the foreground the executioner places the head of St. John on a charger held by Salome; his headless body lies at her feet. 
label: Description
content: Recto, right: Similar banquet scene as recto, left. In the background at upper right Salome is seen giving the head of St. John to her parents. 
label: Description
content: Verso: Figure of a dead man, identified as the Sienese outlaw Alfonso Piccolomini, shown hanging from a noose around his neck. His eyes are covered with a blindfold, and his hands are tied behind his back. An enlarged detail of his head and shoulders appears at upper right. Italian inscription below identifies the subject and date.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2652
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.7 × 15.2 cm (4 3/16 × 6 in.)