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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

1659
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6.8 × 5.3 cm (2.7 × 2.1 in)

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