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Beheading of John the Baptist by Italian Mattia Preti — VisualArtsDB

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Beheading of John the Baptist

Beheading of John the Baptist

Beheading of John the Baptist

Italian Mattia Preti

1660

Medium: Brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper; verso: red chalk on paper
Genre: Figure
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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