LoginDecollazione di san Giovanni Battista
Caravaggio
1608
Oil on canvas
361 cm × 520 cm (142 in × 200 in)
St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist is an oil painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio. According to Andrea Pomella in Caravaggio: An Artist through Images (2005), the work is widely considered to be Caravaggio's masterpiece as well as "one of the most important works in Western painting."
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1608
Oil on canvas
361 cm × 520 cm (142 in × 200 in)
St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist is an oil painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio. According to Andrea Pomella in Caravaggio: An Artist through Images (2005), the work is widely considered to be Caravaggio's masterpiece as well as "one of the most important works in Western painting."
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