Among the most impressive achievements of the Sienese master Giovanni di Paolo is his narrative series of twelve panels illustrating the life of Saint John the Baptist—from his birth, prophecy, and the baptism of Christ through his beheading at the request of Salome. These scenes are enacted in complex settings that exploit the tall, slender proportions of the panels and s...
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68.6 × 39.1 cm (27 × 15 3/8 in.); painted surface: 66.3 × 36.6 c
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