Salome’s Beheading of John the Baptist

Artwork Date: c. 1640
Artwork form: Painting
Dimension: Tiff 300 49 MB 3858 x 4175 pixel - 23 x 31 cms – 9 x 12 inches
Keywords: canvas , decapitation , figure , Flemish , golden age , John the Baptist. , master , oil , Old , Risorgimento , scimitar

The prototype of this painting is in the Rijksmuseum (Inventory Ag1) where it was previously attributed to Carl Fabritius. The present painting is important because it shows the lower section of the painting which, in the Rijksmuseum version, has been cut away. The painting, by a Rembrandt pupil, shows the influence of Rembrandt s sombre later style.