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Nicolaus Knupfer

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

c. 1650
pen and brown ink, brown washes and white heightening (oxidized), over black chalk on antique laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink

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The stoic Salome in this drawing awaits the head of John the Baptist so that she can deliver it to King Herod on a salver.

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