Salome, a later variant is an oil on canvas painting by the French painter Jean-Jacques Henner, from 1904. It depicts Salome, a figure from the New Testament.
History and description Dressed in a red gown, a young woman is depicted standing against a bottle-green background, which in places is as dark as her very long hair. Under her left arm she holds the platter on which she was to place the head of John the Baptist at the request of her mother Herodias. Chantal Vérin comments:
Purchased in 2024 through a crowdfunding campaign, the work is kept at the Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner, in Paris. It was the main feature of a 2026 special exhibition contrasting the representations of Salome by Henner and his contemporary Gustave Moreau.
Henner created several paintings on the theme of Salome and those around her. Around 1887, he painted a Herodias, also held in the Henner Museum. Around 1890, he painted another Salome, currently held at the Hood Museum of Art in Hanover, New Hampshire. This is why the 1904 version is considered a later variant.
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External links video (in French) from the Jean-Jacques Henner Museum about this painting