In the centre are shown the Virgin & Child enthroned. In the lower row, from left to right are Saints Bernardino, Anthony of Padua, Peter Martyr & John the Baptist. In the upper row are Saints Jerome, Catherine, the Pieta, Saint Sebastian & a female ...

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 ...

The panel depicting the Virgin & Child was the central panel of a polyptych painted by Crivelli in 1476 as the high altarpiece for San Domenico in Ascoli Piceno, east central Italy. The polyptych was composed of the central panel & eight smaller panel ...

The saint is shown in the wilderness, dressed in animal skins, holding a reed cross & drinking from a fountain. Once attributed to Caravaggio or one of his followers, the picture may have been painted in the mid-17th century, probably in Rome. ...

This panel formed the left wing of an Augustinian altarpiece. Saint John the Baptist's scroll is inscribed with his words from the New Testament (John 1: 29). The right wing of the altarpiece depicts ' Saint Mark & Saint Augustine'. It has been suggested ...

The saint is here shown in the wilderness & dressed in camel hair. New Testament (Matthew 3: 1-4; Mark 1: 4-6). For another depiction of the saint by Murillo see ' The Infant Saint John with the Lamb' This painting achieved some fame as a devotional image ...

Saint John the Baptist, wearing furs, with his reed cross lying beside him, points to the figure of Christ in the background at the extreme right. New Testament (Luke 3: 1-17). Mola painted this subject several times. For this painting a date of around 164 ...

This picture is one of the three paintings which formed the predella for Raphael's altarpiece the ' Ansidei Madonna' (dated 1505) in the church of S. Fiorenzo, Perugia. It was placed beneath the image of Saint John in the main altarpiece, who is here shown in the same costume. Below the Virgin & Child was a depiction of her betrothal & below Saint Nicholas one of his miracles: these panels seem not to have survived. On loan to the exhibition ' Magister Rafael Iohanis Santis. Gli esordi tra Urbino, Cittá di Castello e Perugia' at the Pinacoteca Comunale, Cittá di Castello, Italy from March to June 2006. ...

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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