Head of John the Baptist

This ink drawing by French artist Léon-Daniel Saubès depicts a bearded male head rendered with confident cross-hatching and tonal modeling. The figure wears a halo and is positioned above a platter, evoking the biblical subject of John the Baptist's severed head. Saubès inscribed the work in Paris and added French text along the platter's rim. The drawing demonstrates academic figure study techniques combined with religious iconography, representing early twentieth-century French salon art practice and the artist's engagement with classical Christian narrative subjects.