Icons of Sadomasochism

Venus in Furs

Woman in Fur CoatTitian, 1538

Woman in Fur CoatPeter Paul Rubens, 1630s

Venus with a MirrorTitian, c. 1555

Venus at a MirrorPeter Paul Rubens, c. 1615

Samson and Delilah

Samson and DelilahFrancesco Morone, early 16th c.

Samson and DelilahPeter Paul Rubens, c. 1609

Samson and DelilahJacob Matham, c. 1613

Samson and DelilahGerrit van Honthorst, c. 1615

Samson and DelilahAnthony van Dyck, 1620

The Capture of SamsonChristiaen van Couwenbergh, 1630

Samson and DelilahPadovanino, 1630s

Samson Betrayed by DelilahRembrandt, c. 1630s

Samson and DelilahJan Steen, 1670

Samson and DelilahClaude Mellan, 17th c.

Samson and DelilahGustave Dorée, mid-19th c.

Samson and DelilahGustave Moreau, 1882

SamsonSolomon J. Solomon, 1887

Eternal IdolAuguste Rodin, 1886

Salomé and Judith Before 1800

Herod’s BanquetThe Master of the Ulmer Altar, c. 1405

The Dance of SaloméBennezzo Gozzoli, 1452

Judith and HolofernesDonatello, 1455

Judith’s Return to BethulienSandro Botticelli, 1470

SaloméSandro Botticelli, c. 1488

SaloméAlonso González de Berruguete, c. 1517

Lucas Cranach the Elder

(German)

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1530

Judith Victorious, c. 1530

Salomé with the Head of John the Baptist, 1530s

Herod’s Banquet, 1531

Titian

(Italian)

Salomé, c. 1515

Salomé, 1560

Salomé, c. 1570

The Decapitation of John the BaptistThe Antwerp Master, c. 1560

Judith and HolofernesJacopo Tintoretto, 1578

SaloméCaravaggio, 1609

Salomé IICaravaggio, 1609

JudithCristofano Allori, 1613

SaloméBattistello Caracciolo, c. 1615

Herod’s BanquetPeter Paul Rubens, early 17th c.

SaloméCarlo Dolci, late 17th c.

SaloméOnario Marinari, 17th c.

Salomé and Judith in the 19th and 20th Century

HerodiasPaul Delarouche, mid-19th c.

SaloméHenri Regnault, 1870

Salomé Dancing Before HerodGustave Moreau, 1876

The ApparitionGustave Moreau, 1876

Salomé’s DanceMaurycy Gottliev, 1879

SaloméPierre Bonnaud, c. 1880s

Judith Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant, c. 1880s

SaloméOdilon Redon, 1889

Dancer’s RewardAubrey Beardsley, 1893

The KissAubrey Beardsley, 1893

Salomé Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, 1896

Post MortemKimon Loghi, c. 1896

SaloméAlfonse Mucha, 1897

SaloméLovis Corinth, c. 1899

Judith I or SaloméGustav Klimt, 1901

Judith II or SaloméGustav Klimt, 1909

Salomé Playing with John the BaptistNikolai Kalmakov

SaloméHugo Boettinger, after 1900

SaloméJosef Wenig, 1905

Pride (Salomé)Otty Schneiderová, after 1905

Salomé IIAlfred Kubin

The Black FlowersAlfred Kubin

Salomé Franz von Stuck, 1906

SaloméVardges Sureniants, 1907

Jan Kon peků

Salomé, 1910

Ecstasy (Salomé), c. 1910

Black Flame (Salomé), c. 1910

SaloméFrantišek Tavík Šimon, before 1920

Judith and HolofernesFranz von Stuck, 1926

Judith and HolofernesFranz von Stuck, 1927

Variations on the Theme

David IICaravaggio, 1606

MedusaArnold Böcklin, 1878

The Head of MedusaSimeon Solomon, 1884

The End of a ReignJean Delville, 1895

Poster for the Rose-Croix SalonArmand Point, 1896

The Blood of the MedusaFernand Khnopff, 1898