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Jul 4, 2024 · Saint John the Baptist, a masterful painting by Leonardo da Vinci, stands as a profound representation of the Renaissance artist’s skill and philosophical depth. Created between 1513 and 1516, this iconic artwork depicts John the Baptist in a mystic, almost otherworldly light, characterized by Leonardo’s signature use of chiaroscuro.
Jun 29, 2024 · On the banks of the River Jordan in Palestine, Jesus is being baptised by St John, who is wetting Christ’s head with water. St John the Baptist is holding a slender cross and a scroll inscribed with the announcement of the Saviour’s advent: ECCE AGNUS DEI [QUI TOLLIT PECCATA MUNDI] ("Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."
Jun 29, 2024 · John the Baptist’s beheading was a very popular subject in the Middle Ages and beyond, gaining traction in early sixteenth-century Italian art, and in northern regions in particular.
Jun 29, 2024 · This painting by Bernardino Luini belongs to an extensive catalogue of artworks depicting Salome with the head of John the Baptist.
6 days ago · His “Feast of Herod with the Beheading of St. John the Baptist” dates from the early 1630s. This huge oil painting (9 feet by 30 feet) can be seen in Madrid’s Prado Museum. A “Silesian” artist?
4 days ago · “John the Baptist with the Scribes and Pharisees” is an oil painting from ca. 1655 that now hangs in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. The figure of John, in camel-hair clothing and bearing a cross staff, recurs in Murillo’s paintings: we saw its basic outline on this Sunday last year.
Jul 17, 2024 · Child Saint John John the Baptist in the wilderness: Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness: painting attributed to the workshop of Raphael Department of Paintings of the Louvre: INV 606 1516 Room 710: John the Baptist nudity navel sitting trunk: Saint Margaret: painting by Raphael Kunsthistorisches Museum: GG_171 2 1518 Kunsthistorisches ...
