The Climax, Aubrey Beardsley, 1893 - 1906 print Salomé with the severed head of John the Baptist, which she just kissed. The blood that flows out of the head feeds a lily flowering in a pool. Concentric circles of peacock springs in the background. Illustration for a publication of the play Salomé van Oscar Wilde, first published in 1893. paper Salome is given the head of John the Baptist by the executioner

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