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The head of the Baptist on a platter

VALDOR the Elder, Jean (Liège, c. 1580 - Paris, c. 1632).
The head of the Baptist on a platter.
Engraving, 1625
100x78 mm.
Lettered on the edge of the platter: "Ioa. Valdor fec.".









 



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Lettered below image with dedication:
"STI. IOIS BAPTÆ, quo inter natos mulieru. nullus maior, decollatio. Malos qui monet, offendit: incurrit periculu, qui arguit criminosos. Ioa Chrisost
Hoc crudelitati ferculum debebatur, quo insatiata epulis feritas vesceretur. Amb. l. 3 de V. Adm. Rdo. Clarissmo Amplqz Dno. D. Ioai. a Chokier J. U. Doctori. Canco. Leodiensi et Vicario in Spiritualibus Generali etc. Io. Valdor d. d. cum Privilegio Sermi. 1625.".

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