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Lucas Cranach the elder, printmaker

Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 1510-1516

Description

Maker

  • Lucas Cranach the elder, 1472-1553, German, printmaker

Title

Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Year

1510-1516

Medium

Woodcut on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • woodcut

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 33.7 x 23.3 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink LR: "L C"

Watermark: Pitcher (similar to Briquet 12545)

Verso: collector's mark of Paul J. Sachs (1878- 1965; Lugt 2091)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

49.126

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Beheading of St. John the Baptist with the accession number of 49.126. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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