Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
John the Baptist Meets Herod
Alternate Title:
John the Baptist Preaching Before Herod
Image View:
Detail of Herod, richly dressed in gold brocade
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:
cycles or series; New Testament; rulers and leaders; saints; Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee; John, the Baptist, 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. The nine scenes from the Life of St John the Baptist on the west wall have chivalric themes derived from courtly art (e.g. the Très Riches Heures of Jean, Duc de Berry) and are mixed with details of contemporary daily life and personalities, all acutely observed. Here Herod is dressed as a 15th century prince on horseback. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-LJS-OSJB-JMH-A05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

John the Baptist Meets Herod