Caravaggio's The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
1608 · Work
Painted for the Knights of Malta, a vast dim canvas with the only signature Caravaggio ever wrote — traced in the Baptist's blood.
On these timelines: Painting & Sculpture, Master, Arts and Thoughts, Italy (post-476 CE)
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