La Décollation de saint Jean Baptiste by Eugène Delacroix

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Loose oil sketch of a shirtless man with a staff, a woman carrying a tray, a kneeling figure, and red drapery on steps.

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An oil sketch shows a shirtless, bearded man holding a staff beside a woman in a headscarf who carries a dark tray, while a kneeling figure is in the foreground near a flight of steps and hanging red drapery. This study by Eugène Delacroix, dated 1838, relates to the subject of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist.

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1838

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Public domain

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