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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. Likely to have been completed between 1513 and 1516, it is believed to be his final painting.
The subject of the cartoon is a combination of two themes popular in Florentine painting of the fifteenth century: The Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. The drawing is notable for its complex composition, demonstrating the alternation in the positioning of figures that is first apparent in Leonardo's ...
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 ...
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 .
Recto, full view. 28 x 24 cm. Middle leaf, top panel: Deesis, Christ, Mary and John the Baptist. The Harbaville Triptych (Greek: Τρίπτυχο Αρμπαβίλ) is a Byzantine ivory triptych of the middle of the 10th century with a Deesis and other saints, now in the Louvre. Traces of colouring can still be seen on some figures.
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "John the Baptist in art" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total ...
He is holding a religious book. On the contrary, John the Baptist is portrayed as a humble servant. He holds a message in latin Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God). His attire and presentation are the common humble depiction of John the Baptist. Although the painting is created in the Italian style it does not escape its Byzantine charm.