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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 .
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 ...
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.
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.
The second episode of legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese's Fox Nation series "The Saints" focuses on John the Baptist, a pillar of Christianity and the patron saint of converts.
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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