John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the Wilderness) was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610).The story of John the Baptist is told in the Gospels. John was the cousin of Jesus and his calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.
thumbnail
author
Caravaggio
museum
Capitoline Museums, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Galleria Borghese
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "John the Baptist (Caravaggio)"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
