The panel shows three different scenes: in the distance on the left Salome’s dance, and on the right Salome is giving Herodias the Baptist’s head. In the foreground the beheading has already taken pla [+]
The anonymous artist of the six panels (P-705–P710) dedicated to John the Baptist that come from the charterhouse in Burgos is known as the Maestro de Miraflores. The paintings are characterised by si [+]
The painting shows a luxurious domestic interior. The window at the far end contains a stained glass scene of the Anunciation, an allusion to Christ’s incarnation. The Virgin Mary receives the baby Sa [+]
The scene represented in this painting is not one that is usually depicted, and it is of a very similar composition to scenes showing the arrest of Christ, whose precursor John was. The difference is [+]