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Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
about 1609-10 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 91.5 x 106.7 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
The story of the death of Saint John the Baptist is related in the Gospel of Mark (6: 16–29). John had criticised King Herod for marrying his broth...
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