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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 1st 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 Yaḥyā ...
Measuring 3.7 m by 5.2 m, it depicts the execution of John the Baptist. It is located in the Oratory of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta. According to Andrea Pomella in Caravaggio: An Artist through Images (2005), the work is widely considered to be Caravaggio's masterpiece as well as "one of the most important works in Western painting."
Saint John the Baptist is a High Renaissance oil painting on walnut wood by Leonardo da Vinci. Likely to have been completed between 1513 and 1516, it is believed to be his final painting. Its original size was 69 by 57 centimetres (27 in × 22 in). The painting is in the collection of the Louvre.
John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the Wilderness) was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). The story of John the Baptist is told in the Gospels. John was the cousin of Jesus, and his calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.
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Pages in category "Paintings of John the Baptist" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 248 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
"John the Baptist was born to be a holy messenger," Scorsese says, narrating the episode. "His mother Elizabeth was descended from Aaron, who was the brother of Moses and the first priest of the ...
Giovanni di Paolo. 1403-1482. Sienne. Scenes form the Life of Saint John the Baptist. 1454. Londres National Gallery. Elève de Taddeo Bartolo. Ecole gothique Siennoise. Date and time of data generation: 11:17, 24 March 2016: Exposure time: 1/250 sec (0.004) F-number: f/5: ISO speed rating: 12,800: Lens focal length: 85 mm: Width: 3,520 px ...