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
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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/
