File:Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram) (c. 1602, WGA04112).jpg
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Caravaggio: Young Saint John the Baptist with ram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q42207 |
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Title |
Deutsch: Hl. Johannes der Täufer.
English: Saint John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram).
Français : Le Jeune saint Jean-Baptiste au bélier.
Italiano: San Giovanni Battista. |
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Object type | painting / prime version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: A depiction of John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus whose calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. The painting is also known as Youth with a Ram, and there is another version in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. |
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Depicted people | John the Baptist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
circa 1602 date QS:P571,+1602-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 . |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 . |
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Dimensions |
height: 132 cm (51.9 in); width: 97 cm (38.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,132U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,97U174728 . |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1203458 |
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Accession number |
no. 349 (?). |
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References | [1]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/c/caravagg/03/272y_ram.html" . |
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JPEG file comment | CARAVAGGIO
(b. 1571, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole) St. John the Baptist (Youth with Ram) c. 1600 Oil on canvas, 132 x 97 cm Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome In this picture the totally naked boy sits leaning far back, like one of the 'ignudi' who adorn Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. Here, he is propping his left elbow on some white drapery, has straightened out his left leg behind him, and is supporting his bent right leg by gripping the toes. A magnificent piece of red fabric provides pictorial ornament, at the bottom on the left. The Baptist's body is so firmly embedded in the yielding hide of his coarse garment that the energetically black contours from his upper thigh to his back stand out in a clear flow of lines. With his right arm, the boy is reaching for a ram which has suddenly materialized from the depth of the picture. Its nose and mouth are nearly touching the smiling boy's cheek. Caravaggio clearly based the figure on Michelangelo's example, though he painted it according to his own principles of working direct from a living model. The figure does not reveal the great Florentine's feeling for musculature, but the vigorous contouring of his back shows his influence. Caravaggio is likely to have used a study here. With great skill and his instinct for dynamic action, Caravaggio has placed the carefully built-up body in such a way that the figure's left elbow almost bumps against the edge of the picture. Otherwise, however, the figure is completely free. This enables the apparition in the light to develop dynamically from top left towards the right.
Author: CARAVAGGIO Title: St. John the Baptist (Youth with Ram) Time-line: 1551-1600 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious |
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