Dance at the Court of Herod
by MECKENEM, Israhel van the Younger, Engraving, 216 x 314 mm
In this print the main story is the beheading of St John the Baptist and the presentation of the severed head by Salome to Herod. However, both episodes have been reduced and removed to distant back chambers of the main event. The dance of Salome and the merry group of patricians who perform a sedate dance are placed in the foreground.