The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist

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Artist: Bernard van Orley (Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1492–1541/42 Brussels)
Date: ca. 1514–15
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 25 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. (64.8 x 74.3 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Bequest of Hester Diamond, in honor of Maryan Ainsworth, 2020
Accession no.: 2020.233

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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Bernard van Orley
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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00015490
The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows
Bernard van Orley
ca. 1514–15 · Painting
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016059
Otto, Count of Nassau and his Wife Adelheid van Vianen
Bernard van Orley
1530–35 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019351
Pilate Washing his Hands
Bernard van Orley
early 1530s · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021560

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.