Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

ca. 1876

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 8 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (21.6 × 12.1 cm)
Collection no.: 2018.289.6
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Gustave Moreau. Salome with the Head of John the Baptist. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist — Gustave Moreau. ca. 1876.

Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: 8 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (21.6 × 12.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, 2018.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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