CARAVAGGIO (b. 1573, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole) St John the Baptist 1610 Oil on canvas, 159 x 124 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome The painting wa

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CARAVAGGIO (b. 1573, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole) St John the Baptist 1610 Oil on canvas, 159 x 124 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome The painting was executed during the last days of Caravaggio's stay in Naples, together with the Martyrdom of St Ursula. A comparison can be made between the young St John in the Galleria Borghese in Rome and the paintings of the same subject in Kansas City and in the Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica in Rome. The Borghese St John is the most soberly thoughtful. The body is delicate and the expression is dreamy, so much so as to suggest a considerable distance in time from the other two. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: CARAVAGGIO Title: St John the Baptist Time-line: 1551-1600 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious

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Size: 2628px × 3240px
Photo credit: © Carlo Bollo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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