Every Day a Painting for September 5, 2026

Saint John in the Desert (1445–1450)

Domenico Veneziano

Tempera on Panel. Florentine, Renaissance.

Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century

One of Domenico Veneziano's major works is an altarpiece that he painted about 1445 for the Church of Santa Lucia dei Magnoli, in Florence. The incident illustrated in this small panel from the base o…

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