Today is the feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, a rather tragic and melancholy subject for a feast. Despite this, or maybe because of its inherent drama (and gore), the beheading of St. John has been a favorite subject of painters through the centuries, as you may see from the small sample below.
"Beheading of St. John the Baptist," Peter Paul Rubens
"Beheading of St. John the Baptist," Caravaggio
"Beheading of St. John the Baptist" Di Pietro Sano
"Beheading of St. John the Baptist" Massimo Stanzione
It also inspired a gory opera:
St. John the Baptist, pray for us.
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