History knows him as John the Baptist – a fisher of men, a voice in the wilderness, the baptizer of Jesus, and a pillar of the Christian faith. Though he met his end at the whim of a vengeful queen, ...
This is Spanish artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo’s depiction of John the Baptist pointing to Jesus Christ as the savior of mankind. Murillo lived from 1617-82. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus told a crowd in ...
Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Giovanni Andrea Sirani (possibly after) depicts the dramatic climax of a moralizing biblical narrative through a Baroque-era lens. Salome with the Head of ...