Beheading of John the Baptist
date: label: Date
content: 1661–66
name: label: Artist
content: Mattia Preti, Italian, 1613 - 1699
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A study for mural decoration around a window, S. Giovanni in Valletta, Malta; Verso a sketch for a ceiling plan. At top left, two women, possibly Salome, holding a platter and looking to the right as John the Baptist kneels down while a soldier above him is ready to strike down with a sword. At center at each end two figures are seated holding an end of a garland. At bottom center, a doorway with seated soldiers holding shields on either side.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-8106
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper; verso: red chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.1 x 22.6 cm (12 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.)