Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
In this imaginative composition, Meckenem combines John the Baptist’s beheading with a courtly promenade. The religious narrative’s gruesome episodes occur in the background, where Salome collects the saint’s severed head on a platter and then presents it at Herod’s banquet table. Salome appears a third time in the foreground, where she dances with a lusty suitor who grabs her waist instead of politely holding her hand.
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The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Head of an Elderly Man with a Long Beard and Turban
Christ the Redeemer (Salvator Mundi)
St. Peter and St. Andrew, from The Apostles
St. Simon (?) and St. Matthew, from The Apostles
Judith with the Head of Holophernes
The Twelve Apostles: Saint Simon (?) and Saint Matthew
The Coronation of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533) — Adoratio
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533) — Esther b
Lucas van Leyden — Esther Before Ahasuerus
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533) — Solomon'
Lucas van Leyden — Adoration of the Magi
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533) — The Triu
Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) — Adoration of the 
Lucas van Leyden — Solomon's Idolatry
Israhel van Meckenem — Christ Crowned with Thorns from The P
Lucas van Leyden — The Dance of St. Mary Magdalene (copy)
The Old King on His Throne
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533) — The Stor