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Executioner with the head of Saint John the Baptist
  • Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656 - 1740) , Derived from a model by
  • After François Duquesnoy (1594 - 1643)
  • Executioner with the head of Saint John the Baptist
  • Doccia, Italy
  • Date: c. 1760-70
  • Object Type: Statuette
  • Medium: Hard-paste white-glazed porcelain
  • Height: 29.2 cm, with base
  • Height: 26.2 cm, without base
  • Inv: S472
  • Location: West Gallery I
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Further Reading
  • First recorded in 1872, when lent by Sir Richard Wallace to the Bethnal Green Museum