The Beheading of St John the Baptist

The Beheading of St John the Baptist

Title

The Beheading of St John the Baptist

[MNaR Bucharest, revised 2022]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[MNaR Bucharest, revised 2022]

This scene of the beheading of St John the Baptist is set outside and a mountainous landscape unfolds in the background. The saint lies on the ground behind a soldier with a halberd. This soldier positioned prominently in the foreground on the left bears the physiognomy of Cranach and looks

This scene of the beheading of St John the Baptist is set outside and a mountainous landscape unfolds in the background. The saint lies on the ground behind a soldier with a halberd. This soldier positioned prominently in the foreground on the left bears the physiognomy of Cranach and looks out at the viewer. The henchman has already decapitated St John and gives his head to Salome, who places it on a silver plate. Behind her is a group of female attendants. Salome's stepfather Herod enters the scene on horseback from the left and is accompanied by his entourage.

[cda 2022]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 73C]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[MNaR Bucharest, revised 2022]

Production date
after 1515

Production date

after 1515

[cda 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 85.5 x 56 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 85.5 x 56 cm

  • [MNaR Bucharest, revised 2022]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • None

Owner
Muzeul Național de Artă al României (MNaR)
Repository
Muzeul Național de Artă al României (MNaR)
Location
Bucharest
CDA ID
RO_MNaR_8110-144
FR (1978) Nr.
FR073C
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/RO_MNaR_8110-144/

Provenance

  • Consul Felix Bamberg (Genoa, ante 1886)
  • King Charles I of Romania, Sinaia (1886)
  • The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest (1948)
    [MNaR Bucharest, revised 2022]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 073C
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Cat. Bucharest 1974 19-20 195
AuthorStella Russu, Maria Matache
TitleCatalogue of the Universal Art Gallery
Place of PublicationBucharest
Year of Publication1974
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Cat. Bucharest 1898 125 092
AuthorLéon Bachelin
TitleTableaux anciens de la galerie Charles Ier roi de Roumanie
Place of PublicationParis, New York, Dornach
Year of Publication1898
Link https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV019931083
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Research History / Discussion

The present painting is a copy after [CZ_ESGK_KE2367] . Another two later copies of this composition are known [DE_AME_01] and [CZ_NGP_DO5399]

[cda 2022]

  • The Beheading of St John the Baptist, after 1515

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Versions

The Beheading of St John the Baptist
  • The Beheading of St John the Baptist, 1515
  • CZ_ESGK_KE2367
  • Painting
  • Archdiocese of Olomouc
The Beheading of John the Baptist
  • The Beheading of John the Baptist, about 1600
  • DE_AME_01
  • Painting
  • Angermuseum, Erfurt
The Beheading of St John the Baptist
  • The Beheading of St John the Baptist, 1600 - 1625
  • CZ_NGP_DO5399
  • Painting
  • Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)

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