Used in the Russian iconography of the later period, the version of the Beatitude of the Forerunner’s section with additional scenes of the prayer of the Forerunner in the dungeon, leading him to execution and transferring the severed chapter of St. Salome to the executioner was used.
In the fields – Angel Guardian and Reverend Nikon. A high craft level of performance is combined with good knowledge of the samples. Such professionally executed icons were in demand among the rich peasants and merchants, especially the Old Believers. The icon has an artistic, historical, cultural and museum significance.
Related Paintings 
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of John the Baptist by Benozzo Gozzoli 
The beheading of John the Baptist by Michelangelo Merizi da Caravaggio 
The Crucifixion of Peter and the Beheading of John the Baptist by Masaccio 
John the Baptist by Angel of the desert, with scenes of life 
John the Theologian in Silence 
Appearance by Gustave Moreau 
John the Theologian in silence, with a life in 12 hallmarks 
Execution of John the Baptist by Jacopo Bassano
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of John the Baptist by Benozzo Gozzoli The beheading of John the Baptist by Michelangelo Merizi da Caravaggio The Crucifixion of Peter and the Beheading of John the Baptist by Masaccio John the Baptist by Angel of the desert, with scenes of life John the Theologian in Silence Appearance by Gustave Moreau John the Theologian in silence, with a life in 12 hallmarks Execution of John the Baptist by Jacopo Bassano