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Cleveland Museum of Art148301portraitJuan de Flandes (Netherlandish, c. 1460–1519)1496–99CC0cma sacred-art portraits flora-fauna objects-with-gravity sacred art flora fauna objects with gravity mary jesus catharine visitation holy family renaissance oil painting religious portrait baroque detail serene muted colors medieval the birth and naming john baptistJuan de Flandes (Netherlandish, c. 1460–1519) 1496–99 Flanders, early 16th Century oil on wood Painting European ReligiousSacred & Devotional Faces in Time The Living World Objects with Gravity
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The Birth and Naming of John the Baptist by Juan de Flandes (Netherlandish, c. 1460–1519) (1496–99). John L. Severance Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.3
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Typical of Flemish art of the period, this scene suggests a comfortable home of the late 1400s in the Netherlands to frame the story of a biblical birth. Elizabeth, mother of Saint John the Baptist, rests after her labor, while her cousin, the Virgin Mary, presents the newborn to his father, Zacharias. Having lost his ability to speak when he doubted an angel’s prophecy of the child’s birth, Zacharias writes down his son’s name. At this moment, his speech is restored. This painting was once part of an altarpiece commissioned by Queen Isabella I of Castile, known as the Catholic (1451–1504), for a monastery near Burgos.
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a detailed oil painting depicts mary visiting her mother, saint catharine, in bed with the infant jesus.
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