John the Baptist

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Deutsch: Johannes der Täufer, Prediger in Palästina um das Jahr 30, eine zentralen Figuren des Christentums, des Islams, des Mandäismus und der Evangelien.
English: John the Baptist was a preacher in Palestine around 30 AD. He is mentioned in the New Testament.

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[edit] Places and ancient images

Ancient graffito possibly featuring John the Baptist

St John ba Harim, Ein Karem, Israel. John's birthplace.

St John ba Harim, Ein Karem, Israel. John's birthplace.

[edit] Image

Encaustic icon of John the Baptist, IV c.

Fresco in Gracanica monastery, Serbia, XIII c.

Byzantine mosaic Deesis in Hagia Sophia, XII c.

By Geertgen tot Sint Jans, XV c.

By Jan van Eyck, fragment of Ghent altar, 1432

By Hieronymus Bosch, 1504-1505

Fragment of Isenheim Altarpiece, by Mathis Grünewald, 1512-1516

By Da Vinci, 1513-1516

By Tizian, 1542

By Caravaggio, 1598

By Bartolomé González y Serrano, c.1600.

By El Greco, 1600-1605

By Rodin
Early life of Christ in the Bowyer Bible print 12 of 21. infant John the Baptist. Reynolds.gif

[edit] Life

[edit] Birth

Russian icon, XV c.

By Domenico Ghirlandaio, fresco in Cappella Tornabuoni, c. 1486-90

By Jacopo Pontormo, 1526


[edit] John in desert

By Domenico Veneziano, c. 1445

By Giovanni di Paolo, 1454

By Berner Nelkenmeister, c. 1495

[edit] Preaching

«The Appearance of Christ before the people», by A.Ivanov, 1837-1857

Fragment

«Landscape with St. John the Baptist praching», by P. Brueghel

Pieter Fransz de Grebber, «John the Baptist preaching before Herod», XVII c.

[edit] Baptism of Christ

Byzantine mosaic, Daphni, c.1100

Russian icon

By Piero della Francesca, c. 1440-1450

By Verroccio or da Vinci, c. 1475

By Francesco Francia, 1509

By Tintoretto, XVI c.

By El Greco, 1596-1600

[edit] Execution

Russian icon

By Memling, 1479

By Juan Flandes, c. 1496-1499

By Caravaggio

By Caravaggio, 1608

Tailpiece to the Gospel of Matthew. Philippe De Loutherbourg


[edit] Salome with head

From Sinope Gospels, c.550

By Lucas Cranach d. Ä., 1531

By Berruguete, c. 1512-1517

By Tizian, c.1560

By Tizian

By Guercino, 1637

By Rubens, 17 c.

By Gustave Moreau, 1875

By Franz von Stuck, 1906

[edit] Burial and relics

Burial of beheaded John by his students. Fragment of russian icon

3d finding of John the Baptist's head. Fragment of russian icon

Photo of John's head, San Silvestro in Capite, Rome

Photo of german sculpture

[edit] Selected works

[edit] Russian icons

By Andrey Rublev

Fragment

By Feofan Grek

«Angel of desert»

John preaching in hell after his death and before Christ's Harrowing of Hell. Fragment of icon

Palekh icon, XIX c.

Head of John the Baptist

[edit] Rogier van der Weyden's «Johannes-Altar», b.1445

Naming of John the Baptist

Baptism

Execution
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