The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1512, Woodcut, Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in. (20.5 × 15.6 cm), Prints, Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480–1538 Regensburg), The head of the martyred saint is handed over to Salome by the executioner as a crowd looks on. The scene of Saint John the Baptist's beheading occupies only the lower third of the image. For Altdorfer, the architecture and surroundings were clearly just as important as the figures
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Beheading, Saint John, Baptist, 1512, Woodcut, Sheet, 8 1/16, 6 1/8, 20.5, 15.6 cm, Prints, Albrecht Altdorfer, German, Regensburg ca., 1480–1538, Regensburg, head, martyred saint, handed, Salome, executioner, crowd looks, scene, beheading occupies, lower third, image, Altdorfer, architecture, surroundings, important, figures
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