Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger, ca. 1500, Oil on poplar, Diameter 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm), Paintings, Aelbert Bouts (Netherlandish, Leuven ca. 1451/54–1549), This grisly depiction of John the Baptist's severed head was once an extremely popular image, due to the saint’s growing cult in the Middle Ages. Since John was considered to be Christ’s forerunner and herald, his execution was interpreted as a metaphor for the latter’s crucifixion
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