Salomé (Henri Regnault) Explained

Salomé is a 19th-century painting by French artist Henri Regnault. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts the biblical character Salome. The work debuted in the Paris salon of 1870,^[1] several months before Regnault was killed in the Franco-Prussian War. The work has been in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1916.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Camille Lemonnier. Salon de Paris, 1870. Paris, 1870, pp. 75–78.
2. Web site: Salomé. 2019-06-04. www.metmuseum.org.