Hérodiade
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Hérodiade is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Paul Milliet and Henri Grémont, based on the novella Hérodias by Gustave Flaubert. It was first performed at the Théâtre de
The composer, photographed in 1895
Costume design for Hérodiade act 1 (1882).
Salome
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Salome, also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias. She was granddaughter of Herod the Great and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. She is known from t
Salome with John the Baptist's head, by Charles Mellin (1597–1649)
Salomé with the head of John the Baptist, Lucas Cranach, the Elder, first half of the 16th century
Salome depicted as Queen of Armenia Minor, on the right. On the left, her husband Aristobulus.
Herod's Banquet (detail) by Fra Filippo Lippi (15th century)