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
Hendrick Goudt|Adam Elsheimer
ca. 1610
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (6.3 x 5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.652
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
SwordsHeadsMenWomenSaint John the Baptist
About the Artist
Hendrick Goudt|Adam Elsheimer · 1580–1648
**Hendrick Goudt** (c. 1583 – 17 December 1648) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draftsman renowned for his landscapes and religious subjects in the Baroque style. Born in The Hague to Arend Goudt and Anneken Cool, he came from a family of high officials and nobility; his grandfather held prominent positions, and he was the nephew and heir of Willem Goudt, steward of the States of H...