The Virgin is seated on a throne, with Saint Francis (identified by his stigmata) presenting a lay donor, & Saint Bernardino (whose facial type was standardised in painting of the period), on either side. Behind the Virgin's throne are four angels. Saint Bartholomew is shown in the right panel with his attribute of a flaying knife, by which he was martyred. Saint John the Baptist on the left holds a glass staff with a cross. His scroll is inscribed with a"ation from the Gospel of Saint John (1: 29, 36): ' Behold the Lamb of God' in abbreviated Latin. This text appears frequently in paintings of the Baptist & alludes to his biblical role as the 'forerunner of Christ'. The painting was previously attributed to Fiorenzo di Lorenzo. It is now attributed to Caporali on account of its closeness in style to a triptych in Perugia, documented as Caporali's work & dated 1475. The central panel is a reworking of a picture by Niccolò di Liberatore dated 1457 (Deruta, Pinacoteca). ...

This painting is part of an altarpiece, the main panel of which depicts The Virgin & Child. This section shows Saint John the Baptist; other parts of the altarpiece show Saints Peter, Philip & John the Evangelist. John the Baptist was the prophet who foretold the coming of Jesus. He was related to Jesus through his mother Elizabeth, who was a cousin of the Virgin Mary. John lived as a hermit in the desert, preaching & baptising people in the River Jordan
- it is here that Jesus came to him to be baptised & John declared him the Son of God. In this painting, he is depicted with a scroll upon which is inscribed ECCE. AGNVS. DEI (' Behold, the Lamb of God').
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The young saint is depicted twice: leaving the home of his parents & walking into the wilderness. The narrative is framed by depictions of roses seen from below. New Testament (Luke 1:80). This painting is part of a predella of an altarpiece showing scen ...

The saint is collecting water from a spring, an allusion to his baptising activity in the River Jordan. The words inscribed on the scroll, ' Behold the Lamb of God' (John 1: 29), were spoken by John when Jesus came to be baptised by him. Formerly attributed ...

This panel was probably painted in about 1365. This altarpiece is said to have come originally from the church of San Giovanni Battista della Calza, Florence, hence the presence of Saint John the Baptist at the centre. Particularly beautiful underdrawing is visible on John the Baptist's robe where the pink paint has become transparent. The church was built by Bindo di Lapo Benini, who may also have commissioned this altarpiece, thus explaining the presence of Saint James holding a pilgrim's staff (Lapo is a version of Jacopo which means James in Italian). Bindo di Lapo Benini's brother was Prior of the Order in Pisa, hence the presence of Saint John the Evangelist, James's brother, holding a book (his Gospel). The imitation textile, with its pattern of birds, on which the saint stands, was often used by Nardo. ...

Saint John the Evangelist is shown writing the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament, with his symbol, an eagle, at his side. He looks up at his vision of the Woman of the Apocalypse (Revelation 12), which was the source for much of the imagery associated with the Immaculate Conception. This provides the thematic link between this work & its companion piece, ' The Immaculate Conception'. As in all Velázquez's early work, the central figures in both works are painted from models. The Saint John here is less idealised than the Virgin depicted in ' The Immaculate Conception'. On loan to the exhibition ' Omaggio a Velazquez' at the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples from March to June 2005. ...

This painting is part of an altarpiece, the main panel of which depicts The Virgin & Child. This section shows Saint John the Evangelist; other parts of the altarpiece show Saints Peter, Philip, & John the Baptist. John, with his brother James, was one of the first & youngest apostles. He is considered to have been Jesus's favourite disciple, & it is he to whom Jesus entrusted the care of his mother after his death. He is usually portrayed as a young, beardless man. ...

The fragments of this altarpiece are mounted in a nineteenth-century frame. In the main panels are, at the left, Saints Michael & John the Baptist, & at the right, a bishop & a female martyr. The Archangel Gabriel & the Annunciate Virgin are depic ...

Saint Joseph was on the inside face of a shutter, probably from a triptych. It was on the reverse of ' An Angel' & would have been on the left of the missing central image of the Virgin Mary, when the triptych was open. The opposite wing, also in the col ...

The shutters of a triptych of which the central panel is a Virgin & Child with Angels, now in the Uffizi, Florence. On the left is Saint John the Baptist, carrying the lamb symbolising Christ. On the right is the early Christian martyr Saint Lawrence, c ...