# The Preaching of St John the Baptist in the Desert [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [STANZIONE, Massimo]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 187 x 335 cm ## Commentary The Preaching of St John the Baptist in the Desert c. 1634 Oil on canvas, 187 x 335 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This painting is part of a series of canvases with scenes from the life of St John the Baptist which were executed for the Buen Retiro palace. Some paintings of the series were painted by Artemisia Gentileschi. Stanzione was one of the leading Neapolitan painters of the Caravaggio school. His style is a more graceful and elegant form of Caravaggism. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Beheading of St John the Baptist]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Cleopatra]() - [Pietà]() - [Virgin and Child]() - [Virgin and Child]() - [Virgin and Child]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()