File:Drawing, Beheading of John the Baptist, 1661–66 (CH 18553067).jpg
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
![File:Drawing, Beheading of John the Baptist, 1661–66 (CH 18553067).jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Drawing%2C_Beheading_of_John_the_Baptist%2C_1661%E2%80%9366_%28CH_18553067%29.jpg/448px-Drawing%2C_Beheading_of_John_the_Baptist%2C_1661%E2%80%9366_%28CH_18553067%29.jpg?20171202120227)
Size of this preview: 448 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: 179 × 240 pixels | 359 × 480 pixels | 574 × 768 pixels | 766 × 1,024 pixels | 1,531 × 2,048 pixels | 3,063 × 4,096 pixels.
Original file (3,063 × 4,096 pixels, file size: 14.39 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
File information
Structured data
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary
[edit]English: Drawing, Beheading of John the Baptist, 1661–66
(![]() ![]() ![]() |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist |
Unknown artistUnknown artist |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
English: Drawing, Beheading of John the Baptist, 1661–66 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: A study for mural decoration around a window, S. Giovanni in Valletta, Malta; Verso a sketch for a ceiling plan. At top left, two women, possibly Salome, holding a platter and looking to the right as John the Baptist kneels down while a soldier above him is ready to strike down with a sword. At center at each end two figures are seated holding an end of a garland. At bottom center, a doorway with seated soldiers holding shields on either side. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1661–66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper; verso: red chalk on paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 31.1 x 22.6 cm (12 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1129820 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location |
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
1938-88-8106 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo |
Licensing
[edit]
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 12:02, 2 December 2017 | ![]() | 3,063 × 4,096 (14.39 MB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | Cooper-Hewitt 691.35 18553067 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file: