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Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist by Gustave Moreau — VisualArtsDB

Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist

Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist

1846–1898

Medium: Graphite, watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in. (25 × 18 cm) Framed: 21 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (54 × 41.3 cm)
Genre: Drawing
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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