The_Beheading_of_Saint_John-Caravaggio_(1608).jpg

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Caravaggio : The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist wikidata:Q2727560 reasonator:Q2727560
Artist
Caravaggio (1571–1610) wikidata:Q42207 q:it:Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Alternative names

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio,
Birth name: Michelangelo Merisi

Italiano: Michelangelo Merisi, detto il Caravaggio
Description Italian painter
Date of birth/death 29 September 1571 Edit this at Wikidata 18 July 1610 / 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Milan Porto Ercole
Work period 1593 - 1610
Work location
Rome , Naples , Malta , Sicily
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q42207
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
English: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Polski: Ścięcie św. Jana Chrzciciela
Français : La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
beheading of John the Baptist Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people John the Baptist Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1608
date QS:P571,+1608-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 361 cm (11.8 ft); width: 520 cm (17 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,361U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,520U174728
institution QS:P195,Q613619
Current location
Valletta
Object location
35° 53′ 52″ N, 14° 30′ 46″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
Exhibition history
References
Source/Photographer Self-scanned
Permission
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Captions

The Beheading of Saint John (1608). Oil on canvas, 361 x 520 cm (11.8 x 17 ft). Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta

coordinates of depicted place

35°53'52.01002"N, 14°30'46.01002"E