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Portrait d'une femme debout en robe rouge de profil tête de face
HENNER Jean-Jacques, Salomé, dite à tort Hérodiade - Salon de 1887 © Jean-Jacques Henner, Salome, wrongly called Herodias. Large preparatory study, circa 1887© RMN-Grand Palais / Franck Raux
Mains de femme portant un plateau sur lequel est placée une tête d'homme coupée.
HENNER Jean-Jacques, Salomé, dite à tort Hérodiade - Salon de 1887 © RMN-Grand Palais / Franck Raux
Portrait d'une femme debout en robe rouge portant dans ses mains un plateau sur lequel est placée une tête d'homme coupée.
HENNER Jean-Jacques, Salomé, dite à tort Hérodiade - Salon de 1887 © RMN-Grand Palais / Franck Raux

This Hérodiade is a study for the painting presented at the 1887 Salon (current location unknown). Henner often prepared his paintings with large studies painted on brown paper, enabling him to fix the essential features of his composition. They are characterized by a strength and expressiveness that are attenuated in the final painting.

Hérodiade holds a tray in which lies the severed head of St. John the Baptist, which her daughter Salome obtained by dancing. Henner painted several female figures from the Bible with rather similar poses: Hérodiade (in 1887 but of which several variants are known), Judith (circa 1886-1877) and Rébecca (circa 1903-1905).

Artists

Jean-Jacques Henner

Materials and techniques

Oil and charcoal on paper mounted on canvas

Origin and date

About 1887

Size

109 cm x 68.5 cm

Inventory number

JJHP288

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