QASR EL-YAHUD (AP).- Just months before the official opening of one of Christianity’s holiest sites to visitors, the area where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus remains surrounded by thousands of land mines. Israel says the sites visite…
QASR EL-YAHUD (AP).- Just months before the official opening of one of Christianity’s holiest sites to visitors, the area where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus remains surrounded by thousands of land mines. Israel says the sites visite…
AMSTERDAM.- The Rembrandt House Museum is exhibiting an almost unknown painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610) from 3 December 2010 to 13 February 2011. St John the Baptist Reclining comes from a foreign private collection and has increas…
AMSTERDAM.- The Rembrandt House Museum is exhibiting an almost unknown painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610) from 3 December 2010 to 13 February 2011. St John the Baptist Reclining comes from a foreign private collection and has increas…
BERLIN.- Two paintings by Caravaggio can be found in German collections: the Gemäldegalerie’s ‘Amor Vincit Omnia’ (or ‘Amor Victorious’) and ‘Doubting Thomas’ in the Picture Gallery at Schloss Sanssouci. Both paintings were created for the marchese Vi…
NEW YORK, NY.- A tender depiction of the Madonna and Child with the young St John the Baptist by Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497) is among the major pieces of European sculpture presented by Tomasso Brothers Fine Art in their third annual New York exhib…
JERUSALEM (AP).- A rare Crusader-era fresco from Jerusalem’s Garden of Gethsemane has been unveiled to the public for the first time. The fresco depicts the Deisis, a famous Biblical scene featuring Jesus, Mary and John the Baptist praying. It was disc…
