The Beheading of John the Baptist
Giovanni Battista Mercati
(Italian, about 1600–after 1641)
1626
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 33 x 23.6 cm (13 x 9 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP13886
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ProvenanceThe Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
Giovanni Battista Mercati
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1749-50
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1761
