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The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.103)

Tempera on wood, gold ground and silver, Giovanni Baronzio, Italian, ca. 1330 to 1335, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1975.1.103

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A tempera panel titled "The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist," by the Italian artist Giovanni Baronzio, ca. 1330 to 1335, combining two events from a single episode: the lavish banquet of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, and the execution of John the Baptist that he ordered at it after Salome's dance. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Robert Lehman Collection under accession 1975.1.103.

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Baptist, Denominations

This source names Baptist directly: "of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist," by the Italian artist Giovanni Baronzio, ca."

Galilee, Regions

This source names Galilee directly: "banquet of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, and the execution of John the Baptist that he ordered at it after Salome's dance."

This source names John the Baptist directly: "of Galilee, and the execution of John the Baptist that he ordered at it after Salome's dance."

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Herod Antipas, Figures

The Met's own title for this panel names Herod outright and depicts a specific episode from his own narrative, the banquet at which he ordered John the Baptist's execution.

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