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Allegory: Combat of Animals in the Presence of Man with Shield
Master of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Italian, active c. 1500-1525) after Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519)

Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Master of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist Italian, active 1510-1520

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Master of Palanquinos (Spanish, active c. 1470–1500)

Bust of a Youth (Saint John the Baptist)
Francesco Mochi (Italian, 1580–1654)

St. John the Baptist
Martin Schongauer German, c. 1430/50-1491

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist
Bartolomeo di Giovanni (Italian, active c. 1465-1501)

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Circle of Jörg Breu, the elder (German, c. 1475-1537) after Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480-1538)

Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness
Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)

The Infants Jesus Christ and Saint John the Baptist Embracing
Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish, Active by 1507–1540/41) Workshop of Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish, Active by 1507–1540/41)

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Correggio (Antonio Allegri; Italian, 1489–1534)

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642)

Saint John the Baptist
Spanish

Saint John the Baptist
French; possibly Provence

Reliquary Monstrance with a Tooth of Saint John the Baptist
Weddeghe Velstede (German, active 1432-73) container: Egyptian

Saint John the Baptist
Giulio Campagnola Italian, c. 1482-1515/18

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)