Reproduction patinated by hand. Mold made from an imprint of the original work exhibited at Orsay museum. Famous character of the New Testament, Salome is the daughter of Herodiade, which had married her late husband's brother, Herode the Tetrarch. Saint Jean Baptist, for whom such a marriage was unacceptable, thus earned himself Hérodiade's resentment. One day, Herode gave a great feast. Salome danced and charmed everyone so well, that the host declared that she would be given whatever she desired. Pushed by her mother, Salome asked for Jean Baptist's to be brought to her on a dish,
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