Bernard van Orley, 1514 - The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-loeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows - fine art print

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This panel once formed the left wing of an altarpiece dedicated to Saint John the Baptist that was commissioned by abbot Jacques Coëne for the Benedictine Abbey Church in Marchiennes, near Tournai. It depicts Saint Elizabeth in bed, shortly after giving birth to the newborn saint. Zacharias appears at the entrance to her room, carrying a scroll which declares his son’s name will be John. The pendant (in a private collection) shows the moment after the Baptist’s death, when Salome receives his head on a platter. The centerpiece of the triptych, likely a sculpture of the Baptism of Christ, has not survived.

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This 16th century piece of art with the title The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-loeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows was painted by Bernard van Orley. The version of the work of art measures the size - 25 × 30 in (63,5 × 76,2 cm) and was painted with the technique oil on wood. Nowadays, this piece of art is included in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. We are happy to reference that the public domain artwork is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Hertha Katz, 2000. The creditline of the artwork is the following: Bequest of Hertha Katz, 2000. What is more, the alignment is landscape with a side ratio of 1.2 : 1, which implies that the length is 20% longer than the width.

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