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The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Die Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
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The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Unbekannter Künstler, Die Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers, um 1755, Öl auf Leinwand, 59 x 41 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 6318
Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien
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  • The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

  • Datec. 1755
    • Artist Unbekannter Künstler
    After Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724 Langenargen – 1796 Wien)
    Earlier attribution to Franz Sigrist d. Ä. (?) (1727 Alt-Breisach im Breisgau – 1803 Wien)
  • Object typePainting
  • MediumOil on canvas
  • Dimensions
    59 x 41 cm
  • Signatureunlabelled
  • Inventory number6318
  • Location Currently not on display

  • Salome does not appear entirely comfortable at the sight of John the Baptist’s decapitated head. Urged on by her mother, she had demanded the saint’s head as a reward for her dancing—so the biblical story goes. The artist emerges in all his radicality depicting the moment of beheading. Currently there are six known versions of this image in different formats but with virtually the same composition. The chiaroscuro and the expressive figures are reminiscent of Maulbertsch’s early style, yet the art historical research suggests that none of these works are by the master. These images do, however, clearly demonstrate the artist’s influence on his colleagues.
    • 1980 Legat Bruno Fürst, Oxford
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