Ca. 15th c.
A soldier holding a sword presents the bearded head of John the baptist to king Herod. He is dressed in elaborate gilt robes, standing at the right outside the palace entrance and wall, holding a footed vessel to receive the head.
A view of Jerusalem with two churches is in the background. The body of the recumbent saint lay at the bottom clothed in green drapery.
panel 13 x 9 3/4", carved frame 14 3/4 x 11 1/4" (wear to original paint and gilt)
Alligator finish to the green drapery of the soldier and the saint; and entrance to the palace; loss to paint lower right corner and upper church at right. Stable crackelure elswhere.
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