Feast of Herod

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The Feast of Herod is a renowned early Renaissance bronze relief by Donatello depicting the dramatic beheading of John the Baptist at Herod’s banquet.

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Feast of Herod canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork
bronze relief
sculpture
artForm relief sculpture
artHistoricalPeriod Quattrocento
artist Donatello
artStyle naturalism
basedOn Gospel narrative of John the Baptist
New Testament
commissionedFor baptismal font of Siena Baptistery
countryOfOrigin Italy
culturalContext Italian Renaissance
depicts Salome
banquet of Herod Antipas
beheading of John the Baptist
genre religious art
hasArchitecturalElements arches
columns
vaulted spaces
hasMedium bronze relief sculpture
hasPerspectiveType one-point perspective
hasSetting palace interior
iconographicTheme banquet scene
martyrdom of John the Baptist
influencedBy Florentine experiments with perspective
languageOfTitle English
locatedIn Siena Baptistery
location Siena, Italy
linked to: Siena
materialUsed bronze
movement Early Renaissance
notableFor dramatic narrative composition
early use of central linear perspective in sculpture
originalLocation Baptistery of San Giovanni in Siena
partOf baptismal font reliefs of Siena Baptistery
portraysEmotion horror
indifference of Herod
surprise
portraysMoment presentation of John the Baptist’s head
religion Christianity
subject Herod Antipas
John the Baptist
Salome
support baptismal font panel
titleInItalian Banchetto di Erode
usesTechnique linear perspective
rilievo schiacciato

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Donatello notableWork Feast of Herod