The Apparition

Salome recoils as the severed, haloed head of John the Baptist floats glowing before her in a jewelled palace. Moreau's opulent fantasy epitomizes Symbolism.

The Apparition

Gustave Moreau

  • Datec. 1876
  • MovementSymbolism
  • WhereMusée d'Orsay, Paris
  • RegionFrance