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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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17.3 × 14.8 cm (6.8 × 5.8 in)

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