Executioner with the Head of John the Baptist by Orazio Gentileschi

Painting of a young executioner in a feathered cap holding a sword and the severed bearded head of John the Baptist.

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Executioner with the Head of John the Baptist, Orazio Gentileschi (1612), Museo del Prado. Via artnap.com

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A young executioner in a feathered cap and brown leather vest holds a sword in one hand and lifts the severed head of a bearded man by the hair with the other. The painting is Orazio Gentileschi's Executioner with the Head of John the Baptist, dated 1612, and is held by the Museo del Prado.

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Date

1612

Medium

Painting

Museum

Museo del Prado

License

Public domain

Themes

Portraits