Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Birth of Saint John the Baptist and Circumcision
Alternate Title:
Nascita di san Giovanni Battista, Circoncisione di san Giovanni Battista
Image View:
Detail, Elizabeth reaches out to her baby son, John the Baptist, who is in the arms of the visiting Virgin Mary
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; saints; John, the Baptist, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Zechariah; Zachary
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 the birth of St. John Baptist to his parents, Elizabeth and Zechariah (or Zachary, a Jewish priest) during the visitation of the Virgin. The panel, framed with a decorative border includes two scenes, the birth and the circumcision. (Source: Fondazione Federico Zeri (University of Bologna); http://catalogo.fond azionezeri.unibo.it/ )
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-LJS-OSJB-BJB-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Birth of Saint John the Baptist and Circumcision