La_decapitación_de_San_Juan_Bautista,_por_Caravaggio.jpg
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Summary
Caravaggio : The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q42207
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Title |
title QS:P1476,en:"
The beheading of St. John the Baptist
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label QS:Len,"
The beheading of St. John the Baptist
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label QS:Lfr,"La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste"
label QS:Lde,"Die Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers"
label QS:Les,"
La decapitación de San Juan Bautista
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label QS:Lnl,"
De onthoofding van St. Johannes de Doper
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | John the Baptist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1608
date QS:P571,+1608-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 361 cm (11.8 ft); width: 520 cm (17 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,361U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,520U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q613619
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Current location |
Altarpiece in the Oratory
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Object location |
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Object history |
1608: commissioned by
Alof de Wignacourt
, Grand Master, for the altar of St. John's Co-Cathedral.
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Inscriptions |
Signature in the blood under St. John's neck:
f. Michelang.o
[Frater Michelangelo] [Brother Michelangelo]
or
I. Michelang.o
[I Michelangelo] [I, Michelangelo, did this]
(The reading is disputed.)
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Source/Photographer | St John’s Co-Cathedral | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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