About This Artwork

Giovanni di Paolo
Italian, c. 1399–1482

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1455/60

Tempera on panel
68.6 x 39.1 cm (27 x 15 3/8 in.)
Painted surface: 66.3 x 36.6 cm (26 1/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, 1933.1014