Leonardo da VinciItalie, 1452–1519Saint Jean Baptiste
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Où est « Saint Jean Baptiste » aujourd’hui ? Musée du Louvre, Salle 710, Aile Denon, Niveau 1, Paris. Oui, exposée actuellement. Vérifié 26 septembre 2026.
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À propos du tableau
Saint Jean-Baptiste est un tableau de Léonard de Vinci conservé au musée du Louvre en France. Il est peint sur une planche de noyer et mesure 69 × 57 cm et représente Jean le Baptiste. On le date en général de sa période romaine entre 1513 et 1516. Carlo Pedretti suppose même qu'il pourrait s‘agir d'une commande de Léon X, pape florentin. Le tableau serait donc un hommage au saint protecteur de Florence.
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- INV 775
Au catalogue
Sources
- Musée du Louvre
- Image : Musée du Louvre — © 2016 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Tony Querrec
Dans la vie de Leonardo da Vinci
La vie entière1506
A new pupil: Francesco Melzi
In Milan Leonardo took on Count Francesco Melzi, son of a Lombard aristocrat, who is considered his favourite pupil. Melzi accompanied him in France and became his principal heir.
1506
Summoned to Milan by the French governor
Leonardo was summoned to Milan by Charles II d'Amboise, the acting French governor of the city. The Council of Florence wanted him back promptly to finish “The Battle of Anghiari”, but he was given leave at the behest of King Louis XII.
1513
Moves to Rome under Pope Leo X
After Giovanni de' Medici, Lorenzo's son, became Pope Leo X, Leonardo went to Rome, where he was received by the pope's brother Giuliano. Until 1516 he lived mostly in the Belvedere of the Apostolic Palace, where Michelangelo and Raphael were both active, on an allowance of 33 ducats a month.
1516
Moves to France at the invitation of Francis I
Leonardo accepted the French king's invitation and settled at the Château du Clos Lucé near the royal Château d'Amboise. As First Painter, Engineer and Architect to the King he received an annual pension of a thousand écus.
c. 1517
His right hand goes numb
Two years before his death Leonardo's right hand went numb, and he could barely move about without help. He spent his third year in Amboise in bed.
2 mai 1519
Died
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
