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The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by S. Mulinari after E. Sirani.
Elisabetta SiraniDate: 1700-1799Reference: 6248i
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King Charles I on the scaffold immediately before his execution. Mezzotint by J. Scott after W. Fisk.
William FiskDate: [1838]Reference: 2969772i
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Perseus about to cut off the head of Medusa while looking at it in the reflection of his shield. Etching after A. van Diepenbeeck.
Abraham van DiepenbeeckDate: [between 1655 and 1733?]Reference: 2917583i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving.
Reference: 8644i
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Recherches physiologiques, et expériences sur la vitalité / Par J.J. Sue ... Suivies d'une nouvelle édition de son Opinion sur le supplice de la guillotine ou sur la douleur qui survit à la décolation.
Sue, J. J. (Jean Joseph), 1760-1830.Date: An VI (1797)
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A Chinese man kneeling on the ground is about to be beheaded with a sword. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579709i
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Judith holding the head of Holofernes. Line engraving by C. Faucci, ca. 1759, after L. Lorenzi after Titian.
TitianDate: [1759?]Reference: 2535379i
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Kowloon, Hong Kong: the bodies of five pirates after beheading, the severed heads on the ground, with eight European men standing by them. Photograph, 1891.
Date: [1891]Reference: 663456i
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David holds the head of Goliath; soldiers dressed in contemporary uniform stand by. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after himself, 1609.
Nicolaes de BruynDate: 1609Reference: 20815i
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The beheading of Juan de Padilla and his associates in the market place of Villalar in 1521. Wood engraving by T.C. Capúz after A. Gisbert Pérez.
Gisbert, Antonio, 1834-1901.Date: [1867?]Reference: 43453i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by W. French after C. Dolci.
Carlo DolciReference: 6258i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Lithograph by J. Dickson after Cesare da Sesto.
Cesare da SestoDate: 1800-1899Reference: 6251i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Peter Paul RubensReference: 8645i
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The beheading of Silvestre Budes. Coloured lithograph, 1845.
Date: [1845]Reference: 43448i
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Lucrezia Cenci and Beatrice Cenci are beheaded in Rome: an executioner holds up the head of Beatrice, whose brother faints at the sight. Etching, ca. 1850.
Date: [1850?]Reference: 568706i
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Saint Barbara. Engraving by C. de Passe the elder.
Crispijn van de Passe the ElderReference: 3514i
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Queen Gunhilda, consort of King Henry III of Germany, receives from her page the severed head of the man who had accused her of adultery, after he had been defeated by the page in combat, but Gunhilda renounces her victory. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet after A. Casali.
Casali, Andrea, 1705-1784.Date: 1767Reference: 28873i
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Saint Paul. Engraving by A. Collaert.
Adriaen CollaertReference: 6761i
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Judith with Holofernes' head. Line engraving.
Reference: 20912i
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Saint Barnabas: his martyrdom. Etching.
Reference: 3520i
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Judith and her maid hide Holofernes' head. Woodcut.
Reference: 20971i
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Hindu deities: Shiva, Chhinnamasta, Kamadeva and Rati. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 581626i
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The execution of rebels during the Rebellion in Naples and Sicily in 1647. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux, with engraving by J. Aliamet, 1781.
Date: 1781Reference: 43469i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by F. Forster after Cesare da Sesto.
Cesare da SestoReference: 6252i
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The martyrdom of Saint Barbara. Engraving by Wierix after Jan van der Straet (Stradanus), 15--.
StradanusDate: [between 1564? and 1589?]Reference: 3516i