In the Byzantine trope of the Deesis, Jesus carries a book and is flanked by Mary and this man.
In the Byzantine trope of the Deesis, Jesus carries a book and is flanked by Mary and this man.This man's blood forms the only appearance of Caravaggio's signature in a painting in which twoprisoners watch his death through some bars. He holds a book and stands to the right of thecrucifixion in Grunewald's Isenheim Altarpiece. This man's mother is painted in scenes of the (*)Visitation, and a picture of him by Da Vinci popularized his association with a thin reed cross. John EverettMillais painted this figure holding a bowl of water in the right hand corner of a carpentry workshop. Inanother popular scene, this man is painted standing in a river as a dove emerges from the sky. For 10points, name this man whose head is often depicted on a platter in paintings of Salome.
In the Byzantine trope of the Deesis, Jesus carries a book and is flanked by Mary and this man.
John the Baptist [prompt on "John"]