# St John the Baptist

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LORENZETTI, Ambrogio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Tempera on wood, 52 x 47 cm

## Commentary

This small panel was originally part of an altarpiece dedicated to St Crescentius. This altarpiece was one of four commissioned by the cathedral in Siena as part of a grand decoration scheme to celebrate the city&#39;s patron saints and the Virgin Mary.

## Related artworks

- [A Group of Four Poor Clares](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/a-group-of-four-poor-clares-r20ff0c199f223f>)
- [Allegory of Bad Government \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/allegory-of-bad-government-detail-r983549eb266f6c>)
- [Allegory of the Good Government \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/allegory-of-the-good-government-detail-r51506b4d59b7af>)
- [Allegory of the Good Government \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/allegory-of-the-good-government-detail-r71abf290d5ec13>)
- [Allegory of the Good Government \(left view, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/allegory-of-the-good-government-left-view-detail-r326d3e36cb6d0c>)
- [Allegory of the Good Government \(left view, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/allegory-of-the-good-government-left-view-detail-r960ff44a667636>)
- [Allegory of the Good Government](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/allegory-of-the-good-government-r122b2aa1e43513>)
- [Altarpiece of St Proculus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/altarpiece-of-st-proculus-rd2b3f96e3c5ca5>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/annunciation-r520fa3a353305b>)
- [Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on the City Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/bad-government-and-the-effects-of-bad-government-on-the-city-life-r0c9bd8c45995ab>)
- [Effects of Bad Government on the City Life \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/effects-of-bad-government-on-the-city-life-detail-r308203cb3e0d11>)
- [Effects of Bad Government on the Countryside \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lorenzetti-ambrogio-r74a84fda71130b/effects-of-bad-government-on-the-countryside-detail-rb81910080ba6e9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)