Salome
1906 · Oil on canvas · Lenbachhaus, Munich
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About this work
- Artist
- Franz von Stuck (1863–1928)
- Year
- 1906
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Collection
- Lenbachhaus, Munich
- Movement
- Symbolism
Salome dances bare-breasted against a midnight sky full of stars, her head thrown back in a smile and one arm raised, with jewels at her throat, wrists and hair and a pale gauzy skirt at her hips. At the lower right a dark-skinned servant holds out the head of John the Baptist on a dish, ringed by a blue halo. Stuck painted the subject in 1906, drawing among other things on Oscar Wilde's play, which cast Salome as a femme fatale. He made more than one version that year; this canvas is in the Lenbachhaus in Munich.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Midnight blue, pale skin and glinting jewels make a dramatic, adult picture for a study, dressing room or dark-walled living room. Pair it with Rossetti's Proserpine, another fatal beauty, at 16×24 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1906)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
























