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St. John the Baptist

Titian

Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school.

Max Resolution:1317×2029 PX

Title:St. John the Baptist

Artists:Titian

Date:c.1542

Style:Mannerism (Late Renaissance)

Genre:religious painting

Medium:oil,canvas

Dimensions:134×201 cm

Copyright:Public domain

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.