Who painted “Salome with the head of John the Baptist”?

“Salome with the head of John the Baptist” was painted by Bernardino Luini in 1527. Where to see it: Uffizi Gallery.

High Renaissance

What to look for

High Renaissance: the Early Renaissance before it is crisper and more linear; Mannerism after it twists the same figures into elongated, unstable poses.

Bernardino Luini was a north Italian painter from Leonardo's circle during the High Renaissance. Both Luini and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio were said to have worked with Leonardo directly; he was described as having taken "as much from Leonardo as his native roots enabled him to comprehend". Wikipedia

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More by Bernardino Luini

“Madonna of the Rose Garden”, 1510
“Christ among the Doctors”, 1522
“Holy Family with Saints Anne and John the Baptist”, 1517
“Salome with the Head of John the Baptist”, 1525
“Christ Crowned with Thorns”, 1522
“Ecce Homo”, 1525
“Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds”, 1520
“Adoration of the Magi”, 1525