The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

1510

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: sheet: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (19.5 x 13 cm)
Collection no.: 31.57.4
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Albrecht Dürer. The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist — Albrecht Dürer. 1510.

Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: sheet: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (19.5 x 13 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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