Dramatic, Violent and Bold: A Hallmark of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

This shocking and masterfully composed Head of Saint John the Baptist presented to Salome is an important early painting by Peter Paul Rubens, one of the greatest and most impactful artists of the Western tradition. It is hardly surprising that Rubens should choose as the theme of one of his first paintings after his return to Antwerp the Head of Saint John the Baptist presented to Salome. The subject was part of a long-established artistic canon and had been treated by painters from the Renaissance on. But, during the early Baroque period, the dramatic possibilities of the episode were recognized by a wide array of painters, no one more so than Caravaggio himself, and the young, ambitious Rubens would have understood the strong impact that his own interpretation would make.
This Rubens Masterpiece along with others of the Fisch Davidson Collection will be offered at Sotheby’s New York on 26 January.

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I want these discussions in long format, 5 minutes is not enough!

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In the background, Fauré's Requiem. Magnificent

[@Remtech7]

A masterpiece this picture !

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Wow ! What a fantastic commentary! More PLEASE

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A more precise definition of art is how happy a person is.

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Interesting!

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George Gordon says rhe picture might be maked into a play. Yes: That was what Oscar Wilde did, and after him, Richard Strauss compose an opera. In those pieces Salomé didn't content herself with looking as her mother touched the profet's tongue (which is symbolic in írsele), but he kissed him on the lips. Great scandal!. The censorship in Vienna made it impossible to play the piece in the court's Opera House, it had to be performed in Graz (1906), after it was premiered in Dresde.

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reminds me of ned stark in game of thrones . the lady being sansa

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Songs please?

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3:26 Last song?

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what's the deal with the woman that hides in the shadows?

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