Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

Heinrich Aldegrever

1529 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Horizontal panel with design for a dagger sheath, with a scene at top showing the executioner holding the head of John the Baptist in his left hand while stepping on the body below. Under this scene is a candelabrum with scrolling tendrils and strapwork.

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Date

1529

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956