The Feast of Herod
Artist	Peter Paul Rubens
Year	c. 1636
Medium	oil paint, canvas
Dimensions	208.00 cm (81.89 in) × 264.00 cm (103.94 in) × 5 cm (2.0 in)
Location	Scottish National Gallery
Collection	National Galleries Scotland
Accession No.	NG 2193
Identifiers	RKDimages ID: 292757 Art UK artwork ID: the-feast-of-herod-210646
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The Feast of Herod is a c.1635-1638 oil on canvas painting by Peter Paul Rubens, now in the National Galleries of Scotland, for which it was bought in 1958.^[1]

It shows a scene from the Gospels in which Herodias' daughter received John the Baptist's head as a reward for her dancing.^[2] The work was probably commissioned by patron and collector Gaspar Roomer and possibly helped introduce a neo-Venetian style to Naples which would have a major impact on the evolution of the city's own strand of Baroque painting.^[3]

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