Saint John the Baptist
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painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Louvre
Key facts
- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Year
- 1513–1516
- Medium
- Oil on walnut wood
- Dimensions
- 69 cm × 57 cm (27.16 in × 22.44 in)
- Location
- Louvre , Paris
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- painting
- Religion
- Christianity
- Owned by
- Louis XIV of France
- Genre
- religious art
- Main subject
- John the Baptist
- Depicts
- John the Baptist
- Movement
- High Renaissance
- Material used
- oil paint
- Creator
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Location
- Louvre Museum
- Image
- Leonardo da Vinci - Saint John the Baptist C2RMF retouched.jpg
- Height
- 69
- Width
- 57
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- catalog code
- 24
- Commons category
- John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci (Louvre)
- inception
- 1514-00-00
- inventory number
- MR 318
- depicts Iconclass notation
- 11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST)9
- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- Saint John the Baptist
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint John the Baptist is a High Renaissance oil painting on walnut wood by Leonardo da Vinci. Likely to have been completed between 1513 and 1516, it is believed to be his final painting. Its original size was 69 by 57 centimetres (27 in × 22 in).
The painting is in the permanent collection of the Louvre. In November 2022, it was loaned to Louvre Abu Dhabi for two years as part of the museum's fifth anniversary.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint John the Baptist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.