John the Baptist

eight paintings by Caravaggio
VisualArtwork painting_series Q2642756
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John the Baptist

Summary

John the Baptist is a painting series[1]. It draws 238 Wikipedia views per month (painting_series category, ranking #35 of 214).[2]

Key Facts

  • John the Baptist is the creator of Caravaggio[3].
  • John the Baptist's image is recorded as Caravaggio-Baptist-Toledo.jpg[4].
  • John the Baptist's instance of is recorded as painting series[5].
  • John the Baptist's movement is recorded as Baroque[6].
  • John the Baptist's genre is recorded as religious art[7].
  • John the Baptist's made from material is recorded as oil paint[8].
  • John the Baptist's collection is recorded as Q115015366[9].
  • John the Baptist's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12200020d[10].
  • John the Baptist's Commons category is recorded as Paintings of Saint John the Baptist by Caravaggio[11].
  • John the Baptist's has part is recorded as Saint John the Baptist[12].
  • John the Baptist's has part is recorded as Saint John the Baptist[13].
  • John the Baptist's has part is recorded as Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness[14].
  • John the Baptist's has part is recorded as Saint John the Baptist at the fountain[15].
  • John the Baptist's has part is recorded as Saint John the Baptist Reclining[16].
  • John the Baptist's has part is recorded as Saint John the Baptist[17].
  • John the Baptist's has part is recorded as Young Saint John the Baptist with ram[18].
  • John the Baptist's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08_xl3[19].
  • John the Baptist's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST)[20].
  • John the Baptist's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+169'}[21].
  • John the Baptist's fabrication method is recorded as chiaroscuro[22].
  • John the Baptist's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02584112n[23].

Body

Works and Contributions

John the Baptist is the creator of Caravaggio[3].

Why It Matters

John the Baptist draws 238 Wikipedia views per month (painting_series category, ranking #35 of 214).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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