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Dance of Salome

Szymon Boguszowicz

Basic information

ID: Ж-1600
Author: Szymon Boguszowicz
Name: Dance of Salome
Date of creation: 17th c.
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 94 x 1.58

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: religious
Plot: Dance of Salome or Dance of the Seven Veils
Provenance: Lviv Historical Museum

Information about author

Author: Szymon Boguszowicz
Artist's lifetime: 1575–1644
Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: Szymon Boguszowicz, son of Pavel Bogusz, was first mentioned in Lviv city records in 1605. He served as a court painter for the Mniszech family in the city of Sambir. Boguszowicz created the artwork "Crowning of Marina Mniszech". In 1620, in Zhovkva, the artist completed Stanislaw Zolkiewski's order for the "Battle of Klushino" painting, which depicts events that unfolded in 1610 between the Russian army led by Shuisky and the Polish army commanded by Zolkiewski. The artist died around 1644.

Object description

The painting "Dance of Salome", based on a biblical subject borrowed from the New Testament, is attributed to Szymon Boguszowicz. The scene of the multi-figure composition takes place in the interior of an opulent hall divided by columns. On the left-hand side at the table, King Herod enthusiastically observes the dance of Salome, the daughter of Herodias. All the people in the room are gazing at the young girl; some are even standing on platforms – the bases of the columns. The human figures are depicted in dynamic poses and complex angles. A great variety of people wearing various costumes with rich adornments is visible here. The painting is executed in a decorative colour scheme dominated by dynamic reds and blacks.

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Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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