File:La decapitación de San Juan Bautista, por Caravaggio.jpg
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Caravaggio: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q42207 |
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Title |
title QS:P1476,en:"The beheading of St. John the Baptist"
label QS:Len,"The beheading of St. John the Baptist"
label QS:Lfr,"La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste"
label QS:Lde,"Die Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers"
label QS:Les,"La decapitación de San Juan Bautista"
label QS:Lnl,"De onthoofding van St. Johannes de Doper" |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | John the Baptist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1608 date QS:P571,+1608-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 361 cm (11.8 ft); width: 520 cm (17 ft) dimensions QS:P2048,361U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,520U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q613619 |
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Current location |
Altarpiece in the Oratory |
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Object location |
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Object history |
1608: commissioned by Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master, for the altar of St. John's Co-Cathedral. |
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Exhibition history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
Signature in the blood under St. John's neck: f. Michelang.o
[Frater Michelangelo] [Brother Michelangelo]
or I. Michelang.o
[I Michelangelo] [I, Michelangelo, did this]
(The reading is disputed.) |
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References | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | St John’s Co-Cathedral | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions |
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This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. |
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
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Orientation | Normal |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows |
File change date and time | 11:13, 15 April 2010 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Image width | 1,772 px |
Image height | 1,225 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:11, 15 April 2010 |
Date metadata was last modified | 13:13, 15 April 2010 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:2B2B6FDA5D48DF11B851C90BE73383D2 |
IIM version | 46,503 |