Eugène Delacroix

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Eugène Delacroix - The Beheading of John the Baptist

Eugène Delacroix

The Beheading of John the Baptist

1856-58
56 x 46 cm
Oil on canvas
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bern

Literature

Johnson 468

Exhibitions

1998 Delacroix: The Late Work, Nr. 129

Iconclass

73C1334 Salome is given the head of John the Baptist by the executioner

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Eugène Delacroix Hercules Bringing Alcestis Back from the Underworld

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