A halberdier stands at the left in the foreground and looks out at the viewer. Directly behind him the corpse of St John the Baptist lies on the ground. He has already been decapitated by the henchman positioned at the centre of the composition, who places the severed head on
A halberdier stands at the left in the foreground and looks out at the viewer. Directly behind him the corpse of St John the Baptist lies on the ground. He has already been decapitated by the henchman positioned at the centre of the composition, who places the severed head on Salome's silver plate. She is shown standing at the right edge of the painting. There is a coat-of-arms in the bottom left corner.
[cda 2016]
- Attributions
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Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'Elias Hau[...]f[...]' [Angermuseum, revised 2012] |
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'Nachfolger Lucas Cranach der Ältere' |
- Production dates
- about 1600
about 1550 - 1575
Production dates
about 1600 | [Angermuseum, revised 2012] |
about 1550 - 1575 | [Cat. Erfurt 1924, 30, No. 141] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 84 x 60 cm (clear dimensions within frame)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 84 x 60 cm (clear dimensions within frame)
[cda 2012]
87 x 62 cm
[Cat. Erfurt 1924, 30, No. 141]
Dimensions including frame: 105.5 x 79.5 x 7.4 cm
[cda 2012]
- Signature / Dating
- on the halberd:
Signature / Dating
- on the halberd:
'ELIAS HAU[...]F[?] PINXIT. 1619[?]'; in yellow paint
[cda 2012]
- Inscriptions and Labels
- bottom left a coat-of-arms and the inscription:
'W.P.D.P.P.A.P.O.A.B'
- bottom left a coat-of-arms and the inscription:
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- bottom left a coat-of-arms and the inscription:
'W.P.D.P.P.A.P.O.A.B'
- Owner
- Angermuseum, Erfurt
- Repository
- Angermuseum, Erfurt
- Location
- Erfurt
- CDA ID
- DE_AME_01
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR073A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_AME_01/