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.

Places and ancient images

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  Ancient graffito possibly featuring John the Baptist
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  St John ba Harim, Ein Karem, Israel. John's birthplace.
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  St John ba Harim, Ein Karem, Israel. John's birthplace.

Paintings

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  Encaustic icon of John the Baptist, IV c.
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  Byzantine mosaic Deesis in Hagia Sophia, XII c.
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  Fresco in Gracanica monastery, Serbia, XIII c.
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  Geertgen tot Sint Jans, XV c.
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  By Jan van Eyck, fragment of Ghent altar, 1432
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    By Marco Palmezzano
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  By Hieronymus Bosch, 1504-1505
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  Fragment of Isenheim Altarpiece, by Mathis Grünewald, 1512-1516
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  By Leonardo, 1513-1516
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    By Tiziano, 1542
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    By Paolo Farinati
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  By Caravaggio, 1598
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  By Bartolomé González y Serrano, c.1600.
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  By El Greco, 1600-1605
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Russian icons

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  By Andrey Rublev
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  Fragment
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  By Feofan Grek
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  «Angel of desert»
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  John preaching in hell after his death and before Christ's Harrowing of Hell. Fragment of icon
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  Palekh icon, XIX c.
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  Head of John the Baptist

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

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  Naming of John the Baptist
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  Baptism
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  Execution

Paintings of the Life

Birth and youth

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  Russian icon, XV c.
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  By Domenico Ghirlandaio, fresco in Cappella Tornabuoni, c. 1486-90
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  By Jacopo Pontormo, 1526
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  The Holy Family with Saint Elisabteh and the little Saint John the Baptist to whom the Child Jesus gives a reed cross, Jacques Blanchard, around 1630

John in desert

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  By Domenico Veneziano, c. 1445
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  By Giovanni di Paolo, 1454
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  By Berner Nelkenmeister, c. 1495

Preaching

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    By Francesco Bassano 1570
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  «The Appearance of Christ before the people», by A.Ivanov, 1837-1857
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  Fragment
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  «Landscape with St. John the Baptist praching», by P. Brueghel
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  Pieter Fransz de Grebber, «John the Baptist preaching before Herod», XVII c.
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  Saint John The Baptist Preaching In The Wilderness by Anton Raphael
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  John the Baptist Pointing to Christ by Federico Barocci

Baptism of Christ

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  Byzantine mosaic, Daphni, c.1100
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  Russian icon
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  By Piero della Francesca, c. 1440-1450
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  By Verroccio or da Vinci, c. 1475
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    By Cima da Conegliano, 1493
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  By Francesco Francia, 1509
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  By Tintoretto, XVI c.
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  By El Greco, 1596-1600
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  By Guido Reni, 1622-1623

Execution

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  Russian icon
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  By Memling, 1479
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  By Juan Flandes, c. 1496-1499
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  By Caravaggio
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  By Caravaggio, 1608
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  Tailpiece to the Gospel of Matthew. Philippe De Loutherbourg
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    (1610) by Palma il Giovane

Salome with head

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  From Sinope Gospels, c.550
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  By Juan de Flandes, 1496
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  By Lucas Cranach d. Ä., 1531
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  By Berruguete, c. 1512-1517
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  By Tiziano, c.1560
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  By Tiziano
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  By Guercino, 1637
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  By Rubens, 17 c.
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  By Gustave Moreau, 1875
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  By Franz von Stuck, 1906

Burial and relics

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  Burial of beheaded John by his students. Fragment of Russian icon
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  3d finding of John the Baptist's head. Fragment of Russian icon
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  Photo of John's head, San Silvestro in Capite, Rome
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  Photo of German sculpture
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  Prophet Yahya's Shrine inside the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
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  Prophet Yahya's tomb in the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

Sculptures

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  St. John the Baptist, 1480, Bodemuseum Berlin
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    By Jacopo Sansovino 1540
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  By Rodin