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Lucas Cranach the Elder

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Woodcut; second state of two (Hollstein)
40.5 × 27.8 cm (15.9 × 10.9 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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