| Saint John the Baptist | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Titian |
| Year | 1540 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 201 cm× 134 cm(79 in× 53 in) |
| Location | Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
Saint John the Baptist is a c. 1540 painting of John the Baptist by Titian, with his traditional attributes of the Lamb of God and a staff. [1] It is part of the collection of the Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice, Italy.
In the background of the painting is a landscape with the river Jordan, in which Jesus was baptised.
Gentile Bellini was an Italian painter of the school of Venice. He came from Venice's leading family of painters, and at least in the early part of his career was more highly regarded than his younger brother Giovanni Bellini, the reverse of the case today. From 1474 he was the official portrait artist for the Doges of Venice, and as well as his portraits he painted a number of very large subjects with multitudes of figures, especially for the Scuole Grandi of Venice, wealthy confraternities that were very important in Venetian patrician social life.
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