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Beheading of John the Baptist
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Beheading of John the Baptist

Monogrammist MZ · 1500 - 1503 · engraving; paper

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

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A soldier or executioner laying the head of John the Baptist, which he has just beheaded, on the platter that Salome holds up for him. Behind her stands another woman, perhaps Herodias. In the background a fortress on a mountain by the water.

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Credit lineOnthoofding van Johannes de Doper. 1500 - 1503. Monogrammist MZ. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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