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Hendrick Goudt|Adam Elsheimer

Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist, surrounded by three men and a child bearing a torch, the Baptist's body lies on the ground, an oval composition

ca. 1610
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6.3 × 5 cm (2.5 × 2 in)

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