Saint John the Baptist (Titian)

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Saint John the Baptist
Accademia - St John the Baptist by Titian Cat314.jpg
ArtistTitian
Year1540
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions201 cm × 134 cm (79 in × 53 in)
LocationGallerie dell'Accademia

Saint John the Baptist is a 1540 painting of John the Baptist by Titian, with his traditional attributes of the Lamb of God and a staff. In the background is a Giorgionesque landscape with the river Jordan, in which Christ was baptised.

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  • (in Polish) Marion Kaminski "Sztuka i architektura Wenecja, wyd Wydawnictwo Olesiejuk ISBN 978-3-8331-2315-3
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