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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.
- 169 cm × 112 cm (67 in × 44 in)
- c. 1598
- Museo Tesoro Catedralicio, Toledo
- Caravaggio (disputed)
Sep 20, 2023 · Caravaggio's The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (1608) serves as the chapel's altarpiece and is famed for being both the artist's only known signed work (his signature can be found in the blood pouring from the Baptist's neck) and the artist's largest work (at 12.5 by nearly 17 feet). First, a word on Caravaggio.
Encouraged by her mother, she asked for the Baptist’s head; reluctantly the King agreed to keep his promise and had John beheaded. This is a late work by Caravaggio, probably painted towards the end of his life in Naples, where he resided in 1606–7 and again in 1609–10.
Jun 24, 2015 · Caravaggio (1571–1610) depicted the beheading of St. John the Baptist for the oratory chapel dedicated to the same subject in the Cathedral of St. John in Valletta on the island of Malta. Malta was the military outpost of the Roman Catholic faith that was entrusted to the Knights of St. John.
Oct 19, 2020 · The "Beheading of St. John the Baptist" is the great masterpiece painted by Caravaggio in Malta and the painter's only signed work. Dating from 1608, it is located in the Maltese capital and is discussed in this article. It is known to all, even to those without a deep knowledge of art history, for being the only signed among the known works by ...
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John the Baptist, 1602 by Caravaggio. The most likely provenance for this iconographically unusual picture was first reconstructed by Denis Mahon (1955), who argues that it was commissioned by Ciriaco Mattei, was given by him to his son, Giovanni Battista, who, interestingly enough, bore the same name as the saint, and was then bequeathed by the son in wills of January 1623 and June 1624 to ...
John the Baptist, 1604 by Caravaggio. According to Baglione, this work was painted for Ottavio Costa, who had a copy made for his family chapel in Cosciente in Liguria, where it still exists. The original was mentioned in the Costa inventory of 1639 and then disappeared. It reappeared in an English private collection in 1844 and was acquired ...
