# Salome with the Head of John the Baptist [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LUINI, Bernardino]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on wood, 56 x 43 cm ## Commentary Up to the 19th century this painting was attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. In fact in no other works by Luini does the hideous grimace of the executioner seen in profile hark back so much to Leonardo's grotesque heads as here. You can view <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&\#38;title=Salome+AND+Baptist&\#38;comment=&\#38;time=any&\#38;school=any&\#38;form=any&\#38;type=any&\#38;location=&\#38;header=0&\#38;other=0&\#38;showauthor=1&\#38;caption=Salome+with+the+Head+of+John+the+Baptist'\)" HREF="/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&\#38;title=Salome+AND+Baptist&\#38;comment=&\#38;time=any&\#38;school=any&\#38;form=any&\#38;type=any&\#38;location=&\#38;header=0&\#38;other=0&\#38;showauthor=1&\#38;caption=Salome+with+the+Head+of+John+the+Baptist">other depictions</A> of Salome with the Head of John the Baptist. ## Related artworks - [A Female Martyr]() - [Crucifixion and Scenes from the Life of Christ]() - [Crucifixion and Scenes from the Life of Christ]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Girls Bathing]() - [Holy Family with the Infant St John]() - [Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and the Lamb]() - [Madonna and Child with Sts Catherine and Barbara \(detail\)]() - [Madonna and Child with Sts Catherine and Barbara]() - [Madonna in the Rose Garden]() - [Madonna of the Carnation]() - [Madonna with Child and the Young St John]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()