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Beheading

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  • Hindu deities: Shiva, Chhinnamasta, Kamadeva and Rati. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Saint Paul. Engraving by A. Collaert.
  • Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Mezzotint by A. von Prenner after A. Varotari, il Padovanino, ca. 1720.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • The execution of rebels during the Rebellion in Naples and Sicily in 1647. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux, with engraving by J. Aliamet, 1781.
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Catalogue

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    Judith puts the head of Holofernes into her maid's bag. Etching (?) after H. Goltzius.

    Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617. | Reference: 20970i
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    The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

    | Date: [1663] | Reference: 18171i
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    The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

    Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius, 1794-1872. | Reference: 6250i
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    David holding up the head of Goliath. Colour etching by W.W. Ryland, 1762, after G.F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

    Parmigianino, 1503-1540. | Date: [1762] | Reference: 2496796i
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    La mort par la décapitation / par Paul Loye ; préface de P. Brouardel.

    | Date: 1888
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