Chester Beatty
The beheading of James the Greater
Vos, Maarten de, after
Engraving on paper of the Beheading of James the Greater from a series based on the Acts of the Apostles, engraved and published by Jan Sadeler (1550-1600) after a design by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603), in Cologne c. 1580. Latin text inscribed below is from Acts 12.2-3. St James the Greater is beheaded with a sword on the order of King Herod, who watches from the left.
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