Saint John the Baptist

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Saint John the Baptist

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Taddeo Crivelli

Italian Illuminator · 1479–1479

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Taddeo Crivelli was one of the illuminators who introduced the Renaissance style into manuscript painting in Ferrara. His first known miniatures date to the early 1450s. In the period roughly coinciding with the rule of Borso d'Este over Ferrara, Crivelli and his workshop were engaged in a number of projects, producing a variety of books for aristocratic patrons as well as for religious institutio

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Date: about 1469
Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink
Culture: Italian
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

The prophet Saint John the Baptist, Jesus' cousin, wears a camel's hair shirt as a sign of his asceticism. A scroll above him reads: *Ecce Agnus Dei Q[ui] T[ollis] P[eccata] M[undi]* (Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world). John the Baptist is the first of more than twenty-five saints listed in the Suffrages, a section of prayers invoking the saints' aid.

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