1590s Paintings - 1590 Paintings, 1596 Paintings, 1597 Paintings, 1598 Paintings, 1599 Paintings, John the Baptist, the Lute Player, Pen (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: 1590 paintings, 1596 paintings, 1597 paintings, 1598 paintings, 1599 paintings, John the Baptist, The Lute Player, Penitent Magdalene, The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew, The Calling of St Matthew, Basket of Fruit, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy, The Fortune Teller, Cardsharps, Sacrifice of Isaac, Boy with a Basket of Fruit, Boy Bitten by a Lizard, Boy Peeling Fruit, Judith Beheading Holofernes, Portrait of a Courtesan, Bacchus, Martha and Mary Magdalene, Young Sick Bacchus, David and Goliath, The Musicians, Saint Catherine, Gabrielle d'Estrees et une de ses s urs, Narcissus, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto, The Choice of Hercules, Assumption of the Virgin, Portrait of Maffeo Barberini, Medusa, Last Supper, Francesco St Jerome. Excerpt: John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the Wilderness) was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). The story of John the Baptist is told in the Gospels. John was the cousin of Jesus, and his calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. He lived in the wilderness of Judea between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, "his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey." He baptised Jesus in the Jordan, and was eventually killed by Herod Antipas when he called upon the king to reform his evil ways. John was frequently shown in Christian art, identifiable by his bowl, reed cross, camel's skin and lamb. The most popular scene prior to the Counter-Reformation was of John's baptism of Jesus, or else the infant Baptist together with the infant Jesus and Mary his mother, frequently supplemented by the Baptist's own mother St Elizabeth. John alone in the desert was less popular, but not unknown. For the young Caravaggio, ...