The beheading of John the Baptist has inspired lots of artistic interpretations. When we read Mark’s telling in today’s Gospel, we can see why; it has all the elements of a great story. It’s told as a ...

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino, because he squinted, Born in Cento, a town near Ferrara, in 1591, died in Bologna in 1666, aged 75. . . . Tradition classes him with the disciples of ...

Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 145 (Sale info: For Sale). "And Herodias sent, and beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she ...

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Giovanni Andrea Sirani (possibly after) depicts the dramatic climax of a moralizing biblical narrative through a Baroque-era lens. Salome with the Head of ...

34.5 x 39 cm. (13.6 x 15.4 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...