Saint John the Baptist Wearing the Red Tabard of the Order of Saint John

Painting by Mattia Preti

Saint John the Baptist Wearing the Red Tabard of the Order of Saint John

Artist	Mattia Preti
Year	1671
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	98 cm × 78 cm (39 in × 31 in)
Location	MUŻA, Valletta, Malta

Saint John the Baptist Wearing the Red Tabard of the Order of Saint John is an oil painting on canvas by the Italian painter Mattia Preti, from 1671. The painting has the dimensions of 98 × 78 centimeters. It is in the collection of MUŻA in Valletta, Malta.

Analysis

The painting is believed to be a self-portrait of the artist, Mattia Preti, wearing the red tabard of the Order of Saint John.

References

"Risen Christ – Guido Reni". www.europeana.eu.

Sources

Keith Sciberras (2012). Mattia Preti: The Triumphant Manner, with a Catalogue of His Works in Malta. Photographs Joe P. Borg. Midsea Books. ISBN 9789993274070.

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Mattia Preti

Paintings

Saint Anthony Abbot (c. 1628)
Aeneas Fleeing Troy (c. 1640–1645)
Vanitas (1650–1670)
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (c. 1650)
Christ and the Canaanite Woman (c. 1650)
Saint Nicholas (c. 1653)
Judith and Holofernes (c. 1653–1656)
Saint John the Baptist (c. 1653–1656)
The Return of the Prodigal Son (1656)
Madonna of Constantinople (c. 1656)
The Four Evangelists (c. 1656–1660)
Saint Sebastian (c. 1657)
Saint George on Horseback (1658)
The Return of the Prodigal Son (1658)
The Banquet of Absalom (c. 1660–1665)
Belshazzar's Feast (c. 1660–1665)
The Banquet of the Rich Glutton (c. 1665)
The Death of Sophonisba (c. 1670)
Saint John the Baptist Wearing the Red Tabard of the Order of Saint John (1671)
Plato and Diogenes (c. 1688)

Battistello Caracciolo (possible first master)
Caravaggisti

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