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Medieval painting of a feast with guests at a long table, and on the left an executioner with a sword beside a kneeling figure.

The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist

A tempera panel with gold ground shows a banquet hall where richly dressed guests sit behind a long table laden with dishes. At left, a robed executioner in pink stands over a kneeling figure, while a servant carries a platter toward the table.

Artist
Giovanni Baronzio
Date
ca. 1330–35
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground, and silver
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
4000 × 3659 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1340).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

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