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Salome Receives the Head of John the Baptist
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Salome Receives the Head of John the Baptist

Philips Galle · 1564 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Salome receives the head of John the Baptist from the executioner who beheaded him. The head lies on a platter. She brings the head to her mother. To the left the beheaded body of John the Baptist in the prison. In the background it can be seen how the body is removed.

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Credit lineSalome ontvangt het hoofd van Johannes de Doper. 1564. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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