infant John the Baptist

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iconographic motif religious figure in Christian art

Infant John the Baptist is the young, child version of John the Baptist, often portrayed in Christian art alongside the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child, symbolizing his prophetic role in heralding Jesus.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Infant John the Baptist 1
Infant Saint John the Baptist 1
kneeling John the Baptist 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf iconographic motif ⓘ
religious figure in Christian art ⓘ
artGenre Christian devotional painting ⓘ
altarpiece imagery ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriodOfFrequentDepiction Baroque ⓘ
High Renaissance ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Italian Renaissance

Mannerism ⓘ
associatedConcept Agnus Dei ⓘ
surface form: Ecce Agnus Dei

New Testament ⓘ
baptism of Christ ⓘ
basedOn John the Baptist ⓘ
commonAttribute camel-hair garment ⓘ
cross-shaped staff ⓘ
lamb ⓘ
scroll with inscription "Ecce Agnus Dei" ⓘ
depictsAge infancy ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
iconographicTheme Holy Family ⓘ
surface form: Holy Family with the Infant Saint John

Madonna and Child ⓘ
surface form: Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Sacra Conversazione including the Infant Saint John ⓘ
notableDepictionsBy Andrea del Sarto ⓘ
Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
Murillo ⓘ
Raphael ⓘ
Sandro Botticelli ⓘ
oftenDepictedWith Madonna and Child ⓘ
surface form: Christ Child

Holy Family ⓘ
Saint Elizabeth ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
oftenShownAs cousin of the Christ Child ⓘ
regionOfProminence French art ⓘ
Italian art ⓘ
Spanish art ⓘ
relatedBiblicalEvent Visitation ⓘ
birth of John the Baptist ⓘ
relatedBiblicalText Gospel of Luke ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
role forerunner of Christ ⓘ
symbolizes heralding of Jesus ⓘ
prophetic mission ⓘ
typicalGesture embracing the Christ Child ⓘ
pointing toward Christ Child ⓘ
typicalSetting domestic interior ⓘ
landscape background ⓘ
visualFunction link between Old and New Covenants ⓘ
prefiguration of Christ's passion ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alba Madonna → depicts → infant John the Baptist ⓘ
Madonna of the Goldfinch → depicts → infant John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: young John the Baptist
Madonna of the Meadow → depicts → infant John the Baptist ⓘ
The Alba Madonna by Raphael → depicts → infant John the Baptist ⓘ
subject surface form: The Alba Madonna
Madonna of the Goldfinch → hasPart → infant John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: kneeling John the Baptist
Madonna of the Goldfinch → iconography → infant John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Infant Saint John the Baptist
Madonna of the Goldfinch → mainFigure → infant John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Infant John the Baptist