Salomé (Moretto)
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| Salomé | |
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| Artist | Moretto da Brescia |
| Year | c. 1540 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 56 cm × 39 cm (22 in × 15 in) |
| Location | Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia |
Salomé (also Tullia d'Aragona or Tullia d'Aragona as Salomé) is an oil painting on canvas, by Moretto da Brescia, executed c. 1540. It is kept in the collection of the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia.
The work's connection with the historical character of Tullia d'Aragona is unknown. According to critics, the painting inaugurates the late production of the artist, where Moretto is much freer in composition and colors than previous works, in the style of Titian.
The original patron of the painting is unknown, and it appears for the first time in historical documents in a 19th-century inventory of Count Teodoro Lechi, reported under the title Herodias with fur and a wand in his hand. He then transferred it to other owners, in Brescia, and on 20 July 1814 it was used in exchange to obtain the Baptism of Saint Catherine by Paolo Veronese. The painting was then bought by Count Paolo Tosio in 1829 and along with the rest of his collection entered the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in 1846.[1]
The painting has been restored in 1986, and the operation has freed the painted surface from previous fillings, recovering almost completely the brilliance of the original color scheme.[2]