Difference between revisions of "Stories from the Life of John the Baptist (1465 Lippi), art"

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File:Birth Baptist Lippi.jpg|1. [[Birth of John the Baptist (1465 Lippi), art]]
File:Birth Baptist Lippi.jpg|1. [[Birth of John the Baptist (1465 Lippi), art]]
File:Baptist Desert Lippi.jpg|2. [[John the Baptist in the Desert (1465 Lippi), art]]
File:Baptist Desert Lippi.jpg|2. [[John the Baptist in the Desert (1465 Lippi), art]]
File:Young Baptist Lippi.jpg|2a. ''Young John the Baptist in the Desert'' (detail)
File:Young Baptist Lippi.jpg|2a. ''John the Baptist in the Desert as Boy'' (detail)
File:Preaching Baptist Lippi.jpg|2b. ''Preaching of John the Baptist'' (detail)
File:Preaching Baptist Lippi.jpg|2b. ''Preaching of John the Baptist'' (detail)
File:Banquet Herod Lippi.jpg|3. [[Banquet of Herod (1465 Lippi), art]]
File:Banquet Herod Lippi.jpg|3. [[Banquet of Herod (1465 Lippi), art]]

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Cathedral of Saint Stephen, Prato, Italy
Main Chapel of the Cathedral


Stories from the Life of John the Baptist (1465) is a cycle of frescoes by Filippo Lippi, at Cappella Maggiore, Duomo, Prato, Italy

The Main Chapel of the Cathedral of Prato, Italy was decorated by Filippo Lippi around 1465 with a cycle of frescoes illustrating Stories from the Life of John the Baptist, and on the opposite wall, Stories from the Life of Stephen. The cycle also includes the portraits of the Four Evangelists on the vaults.