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Belgium, Salomé, 1910, a bronze plaque by G. Devreese for the Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la Médaille d’Art, Salomé in a dance pose, head of John the Baptist on platter at her feet, rev. legend, stamped épreuve d’auteur, 93 x 45mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 44; BDM VI, 320; Willenz 100). Extremely fine £70-90
The model depicted as Salomé was Jeanne Czerny, who played the part in Richard Strauss's opera of the same name at the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, 1907-8
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