hildegardavon: Leonello Spada, 1579-1622Salome with the head of the Baptist, n/d, oil on canvas, 72,
hildegardavon: Leonello Spada, 1579-1622Salome with the head of the Baptist, n/d, oil on canvas, 72,1x58,3 cm Private Collection The work of art can be ascribed to Leonello Spada with a wide margin of certainty. He was a maestro from Bologna and probably one of the first followers to experience an actual relationship with maestro Merisi. Some sources, recalled by Emilio Negro, confirm that the twenty-year-old Lionello was among the models who posed for the Vocation of Saint Matthew in the church Saint Louis of the French. (Bertolami Fine Arts) -- source link