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Icon. John the Baptist - Desert Angel. 1620-s Prokopiy Chirin (Stroganov School of icon-painting). Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Икона Иоанн Предтеча - Ангел пустыни. 1620-е гг. Прокопий Чирин (Строгановская школа иконописи)
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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 ...
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.
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.
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)
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.