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Painting of a beheading: a haloed severed head on a platter held by a woman in red, with soldiers in gold and a headless body in a gilded town.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

A late fifteenth-century panel shows a gilded, towered town where a saint's severed head, haloed, is held up on a platter by a kneeling-figure's servant in red. A richly dressed soldier in patterned gold gestures beside a guard with a spear, while a headless body lies at the lower right.

Artist
Master of Palanquinos
Date
c. 1490–c. 1500
Medium
Tempera and oil on panel
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1206 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1505).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding Collection

Español: La decapitación de san Juan Bautista

Un panel de finales del siglo XV muestra una ciudad amurallada y dorada donde una mujer de rojo sostiene en una bandeja la cabeza cortada de un santo, con aureola. Un soldado vestido con un traje dorado estampado y un guardia con lanza están junto a ella, y en la parte inferior derecha yace un cuerpo sin cabeza.

Português: A decapitação de São João Batista

Um painel do final do século XV mostra uma cidade dourada com torres, onde uma mulher de vermelho segura numa bandeja a cabeça cortada de um santo, com auréola. Um soldado de traje dourado estampado e um guarda com lança estão ao lado, e no canto inferior direito jaz um corpo sem cabeça.