Death of John the Baptist, Crudelis luxuria (title on object), Emblemata Novi Testamenti (series title), Emblemata Sacra è praecipuis utriusque testamenti historiis concinnata (New Testament) (series title), Imagines et figurae bibliorum (series title), Various scenes about the death of John the Baptist. On the right, Salome dances at Herod's meal. In the foreground left, the beheaded John the Baptist lies, his hands bound. The executioner offers his head to Salome, who holds up a dish. In the background, Salome brings the head to Herodias and the body of John is buried (Mar. 6:21). With a motto in Latin above the scene and a four-line caption in Latin below the print. The print is part of an album., print maker: Pieter van der Borcht (I) (mentioned on object), Bernardus Sellius, print maker: Antwerp, publisher: Amsterdam, 1582 - 1593 and/or 1613, 9: paper, letterpress printing, etching, height 183 mm × width 243 mm
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