Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Matthias Stom 1600-1652 Dutch The Netherlands St. John the Baptist was an ascetic Jewish prophet known in Christianity as the forerunner of Jesus. Jesus was among the recipients of his rite of baptism.

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