Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist
Gustave Moreau
mid to late 19th century
Medium
Graphite, watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper
Dimensions
9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in. (25 × 18 cm) Framed: 21 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (54 × 41.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.673
Tags
HeadsWomenDancingSaint John the BaptistSalome
About the Artist
Gustave Moreau
French painter, Paris. Comment on works: religious, mythology, history, allegory