Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.103)Sacred Art & IconographyThe 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 1975.1.103Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.103)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/herodantipas-met-1975-1-103.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.103). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/herodantipas-met-1975-1-103Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-feast-of-herod-and-the-beheading-of, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.103)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/herodantipas-met-1975-1-103}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA 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.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithBaptist, Denominations Well-attested This source names Baptist directly: "of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist," by the Italian artist Giovanni Baronzio, ca."Source The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, accession 1975.1.103 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Galilee, Regions Well-attested 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."Source The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, accession 1975.1.103 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1John the Baptist, Figures Well-attested 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."Source The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, accession 1975.1.103 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Belongs to TraditionJudaism, Religions Well-attested Source The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, accession 1975.1.103 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsHerod Antipas, Figures Well-attested 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.Source The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, accession 1975.1.103 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesThe Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, accession 1975.1.103 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 1975.1.103View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year