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The great painters' gospel

DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.

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The account is given in Mark 6:14-29.

Reni, Plate 82, represents the daughter of Herodius bearing John's head to her mother. At Herod's command a soldier had brought it in a charger, and given it to the damsel. (Verse 28.)

Plate 82. Head of John the Baptist in a Charger. Guido Reni. 1575-1642.

Head of John the Baptist in a Charger.
Head of John the Baptist in a Charger.
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