Andrea Solario - Mary Magdalene. 1524
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Andrea Solario, 1507 - Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
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Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
Andrea Solario (Italian, Milan ca. 1465–1524 Milan)
ca. 1507–9
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (57.2 x 47 cm)
At a fateful banquet, Salome was granted one wish by her stepfather, King Herod. Stunningly, she asked for the head of John the Baptist on a platter because he opposed her mother’s marriage to the king. Solario’s unusual composition includes only the hand of the executioner, de-emphasizing his role in the gruesome scene and placing the blame (literally and figuratively) in Salome’s hands. Solario’s style was shaped by his travels. In Venice he encountered Netherlandish influences that were popular in the city. In Milan he was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s naturalism and delicate treatment of light. Solario executed this picture in France at the castle of Cardinal Georges d’Amboise, where he worked alongside French and Italian architects and sculptors.
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A painting by Andrea Solario
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Andrea Solario - Portrait of a Young Man
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Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptistca. 1507–9
Andrea Solario
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Andrea Solario, Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, 1507-1509 x
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Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist -- Andrea Solario
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist — Andrea Solario
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (c. 1507–1509) by Andrea Solario (1460–1524)
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Salomè con la testa del Battista, Andrea Solario (1509).-
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Mary Magdalen (ca 1524) - Andrea Solario
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Andrea Solario - Ecco Homo. Detail. 1503 - 1504
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Andrea Solario, Saint George and Saint Sebastian, ca. 1507 - 1510, oil on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 26.110.
This is the painting I was talking about by the way. Like I saw this and just struck by the fact that Andrea Solario seems to see them the way I do. Like 500 years ago a student of Da Vinci got a commission to paint them and went “let’s make this about masculinity, violence, and faith because these two Roman soldiers who got martyred have diverged through they years to become beautiful foils of one another.” I’d had similar ideas kicking around my brain because whatever parts of me that are still Catholic are the bits with a fascination for saints, but then boom an entire masterwork on the topic. Just chillin on the DIA’s wall.
Later I also found there is a painting by Reubens that also sees what I see with these two and is also just the absolute tits, but I’ve never seen that one in person. Still A+ sexy Sebastian content
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