Degollación de san Juan Bautista

Master of Miraflores (active late 15th century)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1490-1500

Height:

98.0 cm  (38 9/16 in.)

Width:

54.0 cm  (21 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on panel

Place of creation:

Burgos

Additional titles

Description

The panel depicts a so-called simultaneous depiction of events of the life of Saint John the Baptist as described in the Gospel of Mark, 6:21-28: the dance of Salome in front of her stepfather Herod (in the background), the beheading of Saint John the Baptist (in the foreground), and the handing over of the head to Herodias (Salome's mother) (on the left side).

People as subjects

St. John the Baptist
Salome (Biblical figure) (ca. 14-ca. 62)
Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee (before 20 BCE – after 39 CE)
Herodias (died after 39 CE)

Image URLs

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Notes

The panel belongs to a series of total six from the Carthusian monastry of Miraflores (Burgos, Spain) which are all part of the collection of the Prado Museum today (inv. nos: P00705 to P00710).

RIdIM record id

3321