Museum number
1919,0616.40
Description
Recto
The feast of Herod; Herod and his wife seated underneath the portico of a domed building in left background; Salome approaching with the head of the Baptist; in centre background the executioner standing next to the headless corpse; in right background view of a landscape with a town and a river with bathers and a boat-party; in foreground courtiers in contemporary dress holding a banquet; at left dancers and musicians; one couple followed by death holding a scythe; printed from two blocks; some tears where the paper was folded repaired; early impression. Woodcut and letterpress
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