# St John the Baptist [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VIVARINI, Alvise]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera on wood, 137 x 53 cm ## Commentary St John the Baptist c. 1480 Tempera on wood, 137 x 53 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice Originally this panel hung in the Church of San Pietro Martire on Murano. The cool crystalline palette, the subtly agitated brushwork, and the depth of the bare, timeless landscape at the feet of the Saint make this painting \(together with the other panel representing St Matthew\) one of the artist's most evocative works. ## Related artworks - [Altarpiece of St Ambrose \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Ambrose]() - [Altarpiece of St Ambrose]() - [Christ Carrying the Cross]() - [Mary and Child with Sts Mary Magdalene and Catherine]() - [Portrait of a Gentleman]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Young Man]() - [Resurrection]() - [St Matthew]() - [St Ursula]() - [Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Child]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()