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Painting of a kneeling bearded man being beheaded amid soldiers, a mounted rider, onlookers, a dog, and a distant sailboat.

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Beheading of Saint James the Greater, Maerten de Vos, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A crowded composition shows a half-nude kneeling figure in a blue cloak being beheaded by an armored executioner while soldiers, a mounted rider on a white horse, and onlookers surround him. A sailing boat and distant mountains fill the background landscape. The work is catalogued as a print by Maerten de Vos in the Wikimedia Commons collection.

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