# Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

- By: Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (Oostzaan, ca. –ca.)
- Date: 1524
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: frame: height 83.8 cm x width 66.5 cm x thickness 5.5 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-1349--3da828ab1f7e95739b601ddf02750fc7)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/cPOer/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Salome danced seductively for King Herod, and, as a reward, she was granted a wish. Urged on by her mother Herodias, Salome asked for the head of John the Baptist, who had criticized Herodias’ adultery with the king. Salome is showing us her prize, the saint’s head on a platter.