Italian school of the second half of the seventeenth century."The decapitation of St. John the Baptist".Oil on canvas. Relined.With repainting. Presents its right side detached.Measurements: 137 x 200 cm; 149 x 212 cm (frame).In this oil painting is represented the beheading of John the Baptist, with the executioner depositing the head of the saint on the tray, where a maiden picks it up. Next to her is the figure of the princess Salome, dressed in an opulent dress full of embroidery, jewels and precious stones. In the foreground, the body of the saint is shown in all its rawness, with the wound clearly visible. The saint's anatomy also stands out for its contorted position, in a forced foreshortening of great expressive power, which reveals the painter's baroque training. The warm and golden colors, difficult to define, are also baroque elements. The scene is set in a gloomy baroque interior, opened by a glazed window to a courtyard with semicircular arches and pilasters.