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Beheading of John the Baptist

Maker

(artist)
1702-1788

(draughtsman)
1702-1788

(engraver)
1714-1759

Title

Beheading of John the Baptist

Date of Production

1758

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 14.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2933.90

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : within frame : Decollatus / S. Ioannes / Baptista, / Marc. VI, v. 27-28. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Zuccarelli, del. Phil[colon] Andr. Kilian, Sc. A. V. / Non cognoverunt cum, sed fecerunt in eo, quae cunque coluerunt, Matth. XVII. v.12. / Die Unschuld kennt man nicht, ihr Blut ist Gottes Sache, / So schrent Johannes Haupt, auch da es tod um Rache. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower left margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Kilian, Index Pict. Chalc. 1758 //

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