The painting "Head of John"

[Cat]

According to the plot.

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According to the plot.

And what time of execution of John the Baptist is shown, do you think?
You, I realized that John you mean? Baptist or Baptist?

[Cat]

Baptist, for the dance of Salome

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the Baptist, for the dance of Salome

Then this is the moment when the squire (spekulator *) have already cut off his head and carries it on a platter of the prison to give it to Salome.
It?
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*spekulator -" executioner, an eavesdropper, TSerk. Through Art.-slav. spekoulator.

[Cat]

Anatoly parachute
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I wrote:

Judging by the fact that the head is in the hands of a young man (who may not be squire (spekulatorom)
  because it can not be the main hero of the picture is a priori, then it probably about another myth,
heroes whom David and the severed head of Goliath.
Look in my diary entitled "David and Goliath" in the theme "Legends and Myths."
On the canvases of Caravaggio, Guido Reni, Ilya Glazunov's paintings depicted the hero of your
with the head of the fallen giant.

Maybe he's right.

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Cat, but I managed to register on the site and wait for the revitalization of the moderators to answer you as my answer appeared already on the forum.
I agree about the smoothness of texture, but we must not forget that this still picture, which may not convey the texture and texture. Perhaps it is a copy. But now the question is - who is the author, I understand?
I looked through my folder with reproductions of David and Goliath-like is not found. If I find something interesting, I will here!
You, too, good luck searching!

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But now the question is - who is the author, I understand?

If this is a reproduction, the attribution would have applied interest. : D