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Saints / Saints A - Z / John the Baptist / Life / Martyrdom / Beheading / Herod, Salome and soldier with decapitated body at his feet

Further details

The Decollation of St John the Baptist. Herod sits at a table with three other seated figures, Salome stands before them gesturing to a soldier, who sheathes his bloody sword. At his feet are the decapitated head and body of John the Baptist

Artist or creator

Gubbio Workshop of Maestro Giorgio

Date

1526

Location

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Timothy Wilson, Italian Maiolica and Europe, Oxford 2017, cat. no. 111

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