File:Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram) (c. 1602).jpg

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Caravaggio: Young Saint John the Baptist with ram  wikidata:Q3223625 reasonator:Q3223625
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
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creator QS:P170,Q42207
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Italian:
San Giovanni Battista Edit this at Wikidata

Young Saint John the Baptist with ram
title QS:P1476,it:"San Giovanni Battista Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"San Giovanni Battista Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"Joven con un cordero"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Jeune Saint Jean-Baptiste au bélier"
label QS:Lnl,"Young Saint John the Baptist with ram"
label QS:Lca,"Jove amb un xai"
label QS:Lavk,"Giovanni Battista tumtikye (2) (trutca ke Caravaggio)"
label QS:Lde,"Johannes der Täufer/Knabe mit Widder"
label QS:Lbr,"Sant Yann-Vadezour (Paotr yaouank gant ur Maout)"
label QS:Len,"Young Saint John the Baptist with ram"
Object type painting / prime version Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A depiction of John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus whose calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. The painting is also known as Youth with a Ram, and there is another version in the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome.
Depicted people John the Baptist Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1602 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil and chiaroscuro on canvas Edit this at Wikidata Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 1,290 mm (50.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 950 mm (37.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+1290U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,+950U174789
institution QS:P195,Q333906
Accession number
PC 239 (Capitoline Museums) Edit this at Wikidata
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