09 works, Today, August 29th, is The Beheading of John the Baptist day, his story illustrated #241
1 min readAug 29, 2020
Salome , II. Version, c. 1900
Oil on canvas
127 × 147 cm (50 × 57.8 in)
Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
Following the Baptism of the Jesus, Saint John the Baptist was locked up in prison by Herod Antipas, ruler of one fourth of the Holy Land, and governor of Galilee. Herod Antipas received Galilee from the emperor Augustus…