Salome Asking Herod for the Head of Saint John the Baptist  1460

Giovanni di Paolo worked within the conservative artistic tradition of Siena, creating rich patterns and an intensely devotional mood in his paintings. Among his finest narrative works are [url=https://www.artic.edu/collection?q=panel&categoryQuery=di+Paolo&artist_ids=Giovanni+di+Paolo]these six panels[/url], part of a series of twelve depicting the life of Saint John the ...