The Beheading of John the Baptist, by Rembrandt

An image of The Beheading of John the Baptist. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching; drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper. Plate height: 127 mm, plate width 103 mm; sheet height 127 mm, sheet width 103 mm, 1640. Production Notes: I/II. Related Object: AD.12.39-104 - The Beheading of John the Baptist, 23.K.5-155 - The Beheading of John the Baptist.

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

The Beheading of John the Baptist. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching; drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper. Plate height: 127 mm, plate width 103 mm; sheet height 127 mm, sheet width 103 mm, 1640. Production Notes: I/II. Related Object: AD.12.39-104 - The Beheading of John the Baptist, 23.K.5-155 - The Beheading of John the Baptist.

Image data

Accession Number: 23.K.5-156
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 831 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.98MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:01:08 11:32:30

Key words

17th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending baptist beheaded beheading biblical court death decapitated decapitation decollation drypoint Dutch etching executed execution executioner eyes eyes closed Fitz_PDP hair shirt Herod John the Baptist male martyrdom martyred martyrs New Testament print religious Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn saints Salome servant shirt St John the Baptist

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025)
            "The Beheading of John the Baptist, by Rembrandt"
            Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-4240665851 Accessed: 2025-04-22 13:58:30

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-4240665851
            |title=The Beheading of John the Baptist, by Rembrandt
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-04-22 13:58:30|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/images/media-210893

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp80/23_K_5_156_1_201801_sjc288_dc2.jpg"
        alt="The Beheading of John the Baptist"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">The Beheading of John the Baptist, by Rembrandt</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>