“the Beheading Of Saint John The Baptist” 17th Century

Beautiful oil on copper panel, representing the beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr who died by decapitation, executed on the order of Herod Antipas at the request of Herodias and her daughter Salome in 33 AD. Florentine school from the beginning of the 17th century. Quality Dutch style framing decorated with guillochet friezes, wolf wood inlays and its golden Marie-Louise. - The panel alone: 17x14 cm