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  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
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    The head of John the Baptist is brought to Salome and Herodias. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Reference: 22681i
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    Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.

    Grebber, Pieter de, approximately 1600-1652 or 1653. | Date: [between 1640 and 1649?] | Reference: 44824i
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    Salome shows the head of John the Baptist to her parents at the feast. Engraving, 1652, after P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: 1652 | Reference: 24123i
    Part of: Historiae sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti.
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