Beheading Collection (page 6)

Saint Margaret, 1630-1634. Artist: Zurbaran, Francisco, de (1598-1664)
Saint Margaret, 1630-1634. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Saint Margaret, c. 1565. Artist: Titian (1488-1576)
Saint Margaret, c. 1565. Found in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist with the Feodorovskaya Mother of God, Early 17th cen Artist: Russian icon
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist with the Feodorovskaya Mother of God, Early 17th cen.. From a private collection

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Second half of the16th cen Artist: Russian icon
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Second half of the16th cen.. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Saint Margaret. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (The Altar of St. John, right panel), ca 1455. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1495-1500. Artist: Andrea Mantegna
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1495-1500. The painting is part of the Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Gavestons head shown to the Earl of Lancaster, 1312 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Gavestons head shown to the Earl of Lancaster, 1864. Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c1284-1312) was an English nobleman and a favourite of King Edward II of England

The Royal Martyrdom, from a ballad of 1648 (1964). A print from A History of Wood Engraving, by Douglas Percy Bliss, Spring Books, London, 1964. (Colorised black and white print)

Execution of Louis XVI of France, Paris, 21st January 1793 (1882-1884). After the monarchy was overthrown by the French Revolution in 1789, Louis, his Queen, Marie Antoinette

The Death of Bohun, 16 March 1322, (c1880). Humphrey (VI) de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276-1322) was a member of a powerful Anglo-Norman family of the Welsh Marches

The execution of Anne Boleyn, 1536. Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn in 1533 after divorcing his first wife, Catherine of Aragon

Queens Who Cut the Bogs of Glanna, Judith of Scripture, and Glorianna, 1910. Artist: Harry Clarke
Queens Who Cut the Bogs of Glanna, Judith of Scripture, and Glorianna, 1910. One of the Queens? Panels designed for the library of Laurence Waldrons library in Marino, Ballybrack, Killiney, Co

Herodias with the head of John the Baptist, 1488 (1964). From Leven ons Heeren, a Dutch translation of Vita Christi (Life of Christ) by the 14th century theologian Ludolph of Saxony

Judith and Holofernes, 1870. After the painting of c1495 by Andrea Mantegna in the collection of the Louvre, Paris. The Jewish heroine Judith was living in Bethulia when it was besieged by

Indians of the Putumayo River with a decapitated head, Amazonia. Possibly members of the Shuar people, who practised headhunting

Arrest of Sir John Fenwick, 1696 (late 19th century)
Arrest of Sir John Fenwick, 1696 (19th century). Sir John Fenwick (1645-1697) was an English Jacobite conspirator who was beheaded in 1697

The execution of Lord Derwentwater (1689-1716) on Tower Hill, London, 1716 (19th century). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume IV, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co

Grand avenue approaching the Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Grand avenue approaching the Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. The soldiers of Assyria in plundering bands have marched down this avenue. Persian hordes have swarmed through it

Murder of the Princess de Lamballe, 1816. Artist: T Wallis
Murder of the Princess de Lamballe, 1816. Princess Marie Therese Louise of Savoy-Carignan, Princess of Lamballe (1749-1792) was an Italian-French courtier, aristocrat of the House of Savoy

St John the Baptist, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 2, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

Salome Presenting the Head of St John the Baptist to Herodias, 1511 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Salome Presenting the Head of St John the Baptist to Herodias, 1511 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig

The Beheading of St John the Baptist, 1510 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Beheading of St John the Baptist, 1510 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

Herodias, 1896, (1898). Artist: Robert Anning Bell
Herodias, 1896. This unusual depiction of the murder of Saint John the Baptist shows Salomes mother Herodias (c15BC- after 39AD), rather than the more usual depiction of her daughter Salome

The Destruction of Kieff, c19th century

Perseus, 1929 (1930). Artist: William EC Morgan
Perseus, 1929 (1930). Perseus with the head of the Medusa. From Apollo magazine, volume XII, no 71 (November 1930)

Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christians on Mt Ararat, 1495-1497, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christians on Mt Ararat, 1495-1497, (1936). A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

Saint Margaret, ca 1518. Artist: Raphael (1483-1520)
Saint Margaret, ca 1518. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris

The Beheading of Saint Margaret, c. 1410. Artist: Starnina, Gherardo (c. 1364-1413)
The Beheading of Saint Margaret, c.1410. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1869. Artist: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre Cecil (1824-1898)
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1869. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Saint Margaret, c. 1410. Artist: Bohemian Master (active 1410-1420)
Saint Margaret, c.1410. Found in the collection of the Szepmuveszeti Muzeum, Budapest

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 15th century. Artist: Sano di Pietro
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 15th century. Sano di Pietro (1406-1481). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Feast of Herod, 17th century. Artist: Abraham Jansz van Diepenbeeck
The Feast of Herod, 17th century. Found in the collection of the Regional A Deineka Art Gallery, Kursk, Russia

They are Triumphant, c1871-c1872. Artist: Vasily Vereshchagin
They are Triumphant, c1871-c1872. Decapitated heads of Europeans are displayed on poles in front of a mosque. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Salome, 16th century. Artist: Bernardino Licinio
Salome, 16th century. With the decapitated head of St John the Baptist. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Landscape with the Parable of Saint Christopher, early16th century. Artist: Jan Mandyn
Landscape with the Parable of Saint Christopher, early16th century. Mandyn, Jan (1502-1560). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Jean Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution, 1806. Artist: Manuel Lopez
Jean Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution, 1806. After Haiti declared its independence from France, Dessalines became its first ruler

The Emperor being shown heads of Mandarins suspected of supporting the Russians, China, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th March 1904

The Execution of Pao-Tin-Fou, 1901. Events in China, Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 20th January 1901

Civil war in Morocco, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 18th January 1903

Massacre in the church of Moukden, Mandchourie, China, 1900. Artist: Eugene Damblans
Massacre in the church of Moukden, Mandchourie, China, 1900. Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901, against foreign influence in areas such as trade

Perseus cuts off Medusas head, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Perseus cuts off Medusas head, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Massacres in China, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Massacres in China, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 19th December 1891

Judith, 1504. Artist: Giorgione
Judith, 1504. Found in the collection of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia

The Defeat and Death of the Tyrant Boccoris, 1774. Artist: W Walker
The Defeat and Death of the Tyrant Boccoris, 1774. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1774

Io changed into a cow: Mercury cuts off Argus head, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Io changed into a cow: Mercury cuts off Argus head, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Perseus cuts off Medusas head, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Perseus cuts off Medusas head, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Pentheus, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Pentheus, 1615. In Greek mythology, Pentheus was a king of Thebes, son of the Echion and Agave. Pentheus was pulled down and torn limb from limb by his own mother and other Bacchae in their frenzy

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