It was equally addressed to Herod Antipas, whose introduction to John the Baptist is shown in this painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Grebber (ca. 1600-1652/53).

The newly restored "St. John the Baptist," by Leonardo da Vinci. C2RMF/Clot Thomas. Earlier this year, the Louvre Museum in Paris threw parts of the art world into an uproar when it announced its ...

Sixth and Revised Edition. Philadelphia: Published for the Centennial Catalogue Company. By John R. Nagle and Company. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1876. Artist address: Milan.

A limewood sculpture of John the Baptist dating from 1510 will be returned to the U.S.-based heirs of a Jewish art-dealer couple persecuted by the Nazis, the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg said.

Art conservationist Patricia Leavengood applies an epoxy with dry pigment to a crack in the arm of Jeff Koons' sculpture "Saint John the Baptist" during a restoration process after the statue was ...

Some years ago, artist St. Joseph Sr. Marian Cowan created a small sculpture of the Visitation. It depicts two pregnant women seated, bending toward one another, knee to knee, engrossed in each ...

The original painting of St. John the Baptist's beheading Northumbria University/Bowes Museum. Little is ... and the name of the artist—or artists—who created the scenes may never be known.

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Leonardo da Vinci’s “St. John the Baptist” (1508-19) is set to show his cross again. The Louvre will begin restoring one of da Vinci’s most famous paintings in the coming weeks, leaving ...

Object Details sculptor Grant, Lowell 1921-1977 Notes Parisia, Dollie, 1991. Image on file. The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's ...

Tradition holds that today St. John the Baptist was beheaded. Today, we mark his martyrdom. The account of his murder is today’s Gospel: Mark 6:17-29. St. John the Baptist was, of course, a key ...