In the scheme of Advent Sunday Gospel readings, the First Sunday always looks forward to the Second Coming and the Fourth Sunday always focuses on the Blessed Virgin and some aspect of the ...

Donation Options Search Search Search An ancient tooth in a crystal vessel inside a gilded silver frame at the Art Institute of Chicago was long thought to belong to John the Baptist, a ...

These works depict scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist, a first-century preacher ... depicting John’s birth and baptism. Per the Art Newspaper, the other murals were likely destroyed ...

Tradition holds that today St. John the Baptist was beheaded. Today, we mark his martyrdom. The account of his murder is today’s Gospel: Mark 6:17-29. St. John the Baptist was, of course ...

This makes art's treatment easier. Almost any mixture of feelings will do. In The Beheading of St John the Baptist the balance probably favours degradation. The spouting chicken-victim isn't much ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...