The Eyes of Herod
Date1906
Artist
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
(British draftsman, illustrator and writer, 1872–1898)
Illustration CitationA Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley's drawings illustrating "Salome," by Oscar Wilde (John Lane: London, c. 1906)
MediumOffset lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 8 3/4 × 6 5/16 in. (22.2 × 16 cm)
sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 3/16 in. (33.7 × 25.9 cm)
sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 3/16 in. (33.7 × 25.9 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2010
Object number2010-31.10
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextEschewing the infatuated Herod’s offer to join him in a cup of wine, Salomé instead gazes down at him with disdainful contempt. The image of Herod is yet another (unsympathetic) Wildean cameo. Both figures are outlined in the simplest of line, while the bottom half of the composition is filled with intricate decorative patterning, a profusion of nebulous sign and symbol.
