Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
St. John's meeting with the Infant Jesus and the Virgin Mary
Alternate Title:
Incontro di san Giovannino con Gesù Bambino e la Madonna
Image View:
Detail, a distant castle
Creator:
Jacopo Salimbeni (Italian painter, active ca. 1404-1427); Lorenzo Salimbeni (Italian painter, 1374-ca. 1420)
Location:
repository: Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista (Urbino, Marches, Italy)
Location Note:
Via Francesco Barocci, 31
GPS:
43.7256 12.6345
Date:
1416 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Late Gothic
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Relation Work:
partOf Oratory of St. John the Baptist Fresco Cycle
Subjects:
animal; cycles or series; landscape; New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; John, the Baptist, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
The Oratory of St. John the Baptist (Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista) is a 14th-century small chapel or prayer hall best known for its Late Gothic style fresco cycle (1416) by the brothers Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni. This is one of the nine scenes from the Life of St. John the Baptist on the west wall, and recounts a meeting between John the Baptist and Jesus as children. This panel is heavily damaged, but still has shows an idyllic, almost fairy-tale woodland setting with animals witnessing the event. (Source: Fondazione Federico Zeri (University of Bologna); http://catalogo.fond azionezeri.unibo.it/ )
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-LJS-OSJB-FTE-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

St. John's meeting with the Infant Jesus and the Virgin Mary