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The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, sometimes called the Burlington House Cartoon, is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. The drawing is in charcoal and black and white chalk, on eight sheets of paper that are glued together. Because of its large size and format the drawing is presumed to be a cartoon for a painting. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
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Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Catherine of Alexandria (Perugino) Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Catherine of Alexandria (Previtali) Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Mary Magdalene; Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist (Correggio, Madrid)
John the Baptist in art (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Cultural depictions of John the Baptist" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
John the Baptist is the focal point in the painting, with a lamb by his side, in a kind of Garden of Eden setting. [5] The panel depicts John the Baptist, recognizable by his attribute, the lamb of God. John is in the wilderness, where he preached, according to the Gospel of Matthew (3:1-6). The brown garment, that according to Matthew was made ...
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.