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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

(German, 1472–1553)
about 1508
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut
DimensionsOther (woodcut border): 40.5 x 27.6 cm (15 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number45.221
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAfter about 1922, deaccessioned as a double from the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g). 1945, sold by Richard H. Zinser (dealer; b. 1884 - d. 1984; Lugt 5581), Forest Hills, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 12, 1945)