File:Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram) (c. 1602) (cropped).jpg

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Caravaggio: Young Saint John the Baptist with ram  wikidata:Q3223625 reasonator:Q3223625
Artist
Caravaggio  (1571–1610)  wikidata:Q42207 q:it:Caravaggio
 
Caravaggio
Alternative names

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio,
Birth name: Michelangelo Merisi

Italiano: Michelangelo Merisi, detto il Caravaggio
Description Italian painter
Date of birth/death 29 September 1571 Edit this at Wikidata 18 July 1610 / 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Milan Porto Ercole
Work period 1593 - 1610
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artist QS:P170,Q42207
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Title
Deutsch: Hl. Johannes der Täufer.
English: Saint John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram).
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A depiction of John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus whose calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. The painting is also known as Youth with a Ram, and there is another version in the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome.
Depicted people John the Baptist Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1602
date QS:P571,+1602-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions 129 × 94 cm (50.7 × 37 in).
institution QS:P195,Q333906
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Accession number
PC 239 (Capitoline Museums) Edit this at Wikidata
References [1].
Source/Photographer Scanned and uploaded by Masur on 16 May 2011.
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