THE BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
1510
Monogram and date 1510
194×130 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
1510s
Watermark:
a high crown
Provenance:
State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-2372
Comments:
one of the first impressions, clear, with nine birds in the sky (М. 231, a)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
1) Inv. Г-118585, on paper without watermarks. The impression is grey, many strokes are missing, two birds are partly depicted; it was made in the late 16th – early 17th century (М. 231, i, k);
2) Inv. Г-2373, on paper without watermarks. In this impression there are no birds at all, the plate has important gaps; it was made in the 17th century (М. 231, k)
