The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
1617
Artist, German, active 1610 - c. 1625

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown and gray ink with red-violet wash, heightened with white, on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 19.9 x 16 cm (7 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
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Accession
1992.100.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg, GER; purchase by NGA, 1992
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in gray ink: [?]Stute 1617; by later hand, upper left in brown ink: Johannes / Enthauptung
Wikidata ID
Q64573020