The Beheading of John the Baptist
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1480
name: label: Print Maker
content: Israhel van Meckenem, German, ca. 1440 - 1503
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two scenes; left: the jailer handing the head of John the Baptist to Herodias to put on the platter. Right: Herodias brings the head on the platter to the King Herod.
place: label: made in
content: Bocholt, Westphalia, Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Leo Wallerstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-29-29
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.4 x 15.7 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/16 in.)