The account is given in Mark 6:14-29.
_Reni, Plate 82,_ represents the daughter of Herodius bearing John's
head to her mother. At Herod's command a soldier had brought it in a
charger, and given it to the damsel. (Verse 28.)
[Illustration: Head of John the Baptist in a Charger.]
Plate 82. _Head of John the Baptist in a Charger._ Guido Reni. 1575-
1642.