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Hendrik Goudt
Adam Elsheimer (after)
The beheading of Saint John the Baptist (c. 1610)
engraving
6.4 × 5.0 cm (image) 6.6 × 5.2 cm (plate) 6.8 × 5.4 cm (sheet) (oval)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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The beheading of Saint John the Baptist
(c. 1610)
Medium
engraving
Measurements
6.4 × 5.0 cm (image) 6.6 × 5.2 cm (plate) 6.8 × 5.4 cm (sheet) (oval)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein VIII.4 iii/iii; Nagler p. 33; Dutuit 4 ii/ii; Wurzbach 4; Reitlinger 4; Le Blanc 4
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Inscription
inscribed in brown ink on reverse c.: 2 / I / (bird) (...illleg.)
stamped in ink on reverse: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on old mount c.: rariss.
inscribed in pencil on old backing sheet c.: Le B 4 / RS 1429 (1429 in a circle) inscribed in pencil on old backing sheet l.c.: The Seven Masterpieces
inscribed in pen and ink on old backing sheet c.: 1278/3 / 1429
Accession Number
1278.317-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Another Work Religion and Mythology Violence
Subjects (specific)
Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (Christian iconography) beheadings heads (animal components) John the Baptist, Saint (Abrahamic religion iconography) reproductive prints swords
Movements
Baroque