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John the Baptist [note 1] (c. 6 BC [18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. [19] [20] He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, [21] and as the prophet Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā (Arabic: النبي يحيى, An-Nabī ...
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Zechariah writing, "His name is John". Pontormo, on a desco da parto, c. 1526. Christians have long interpreted the life of John the Baptist as a preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ, and the circumstances of his birth, as recorded in the New Testament, are miraculous. John's pivotal place in the gospel ...
The Stories of Saint John the Baptist include: Birth of Saint John the Baptist; Saint John the Baptist Leaving his family, Prayer and Predication in the Desert; Beheading of Saint John the Baptist; Feast of Herod, including the dance of Salome (perhaps a portrait of Lucrezia Buti) and the presentation of the saint's head to a cold Herodias
A young Saint John the Baptist is traditionally represented as wearing only skins, often camel. In this case, he wears an exotic spotted fur wrapped around his body. Seated on a rock, he makes a gesture typical of Jesus to point to a cross on the left side of the painting.
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Nativity of Saint John the Baptist is a 1526 oil on panel desco da parto painting by Pontormo, now in the Uffizi, [1] where it has been since at least 1704. There is a copy in the Fogg Art Museum . Its status as an autograph work is accepted by most art critics, but was disputed by Philippe Costamagna .
The beheading of John the Baptist, also known as the decollation of Saint John the Baptist or the beheading of the Forerunner, is a biblical event commemorated as a holy day by various Christian churches.
The animal is said to symbolise the sacrifice of the saint as an innocent victim of the wickedness of mankind, [2] or it could be that the saint is pointing towards Jesus Christ, whose symbol is the paschal lamb (John 1:29–36 [3]). Bosch's painting differs from other paintings of John the Baptist in the fantastical objects he depicts.