About This Artwork

Giovanni di Paolo
Italian, c. 1399–1482

The Head of Saint John the Baptist Brought before Herod, 1455/60

Tempera on panel
68.5 x 40.2 cm (27 x 15 13/16 in.)
Painted surface: 66.1 x 38.1 cm (26 1/32 x 15 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, 1933.1015