The Beheading of St. John Baptist
date: label: Date
content: 1820-1850
name: label: Artist
content: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: St. John kneels at left. A pompously clothed man, his hat ornated with feathers, spurred boots, is turning the head of the saint into the right position. His left hand leans upon the uncovered sword. The scenery is a vaulted room with railed window and a curtain. A bed stands in the room. Framing line.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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: 1938-88-8078
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and sepia on light brown-gray paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.8 × 21.1 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)