Rogier van der Weyden 1455-1460
Oil on panel, 77 x 48 cm (each panel)
Berlin, Staatliche Museen
A motif of decapitated body is frequently used in Christian iconography of Salome and Saint John the Baptist, Samson and Delilah, David and Goliath, Judith and Holofernes, Saint Catherine …
 "Saint John Altarpiece")
