| Title: | John the Baptist, Ghent Altarpiece |
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| Notes: | Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter famous for the Ghent Altarpiece and the Turin-Milan Hours illuminated miniatures. In this painting of John the Baptist, we see him wearing his camel hair tunic beneath a beautiful green cloak. He points with his index finger to the Messiah (the panel to the left of this one), as was traditionally done in medieval images. He holds a holy book in his lap as his posture portrays his role in the gospel narratives—preparing the way of the Lord. |
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| Date: | ca. 1425-1429 |
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| Artist: | Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440 |
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| Building: | Saint Bavo Cathedral
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| Object/Function: | Altarpiece |
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| City/Town: | Ghent
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| Country: | Belgium
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| Scripture: | Luke 3:1-6
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| Person as Subject: | John, the Baptist (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | CAdvt02
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| Attribution: | Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. John the Baptist, Ghent Altarpiece, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56708 [retrieved October 4, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_van_Eyck_-_The_Ghent_Altarpiece_-_St_John_the_Baptist_(detail)_-_WGA07634.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 56708
Last Updated: 2022-05-05 11:55:35
Record Created: 2018-11-21 13:06:08 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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