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Artist

Giovanni di Paolo, c.1403–82

Works featured in these exhibitions


The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise by Giovanni di Paolo
God as Creator of the World with a Compass, from the Bible moralisée by Unknown artist [Paris]
The Separation of Light and Dark by Michelangelo Buonarroti

In the Beginning

Genesis 1:1–2

Miniature of Dante and Beatrice ascending to the Heaven of Mars, from Dante Alighieri Divina Commedia, Paradiso; XVIII by Giovanni di Paolo
Joshua and Jericho, from Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti
The Taking of Jericho, from the Joshua Cycle by Unknown artist

The Battle of Jericho

Joshua 6

Head of John the Baptist by Unknown artist, Southern Netherlands [?]
Can You Hear Me? by Nalini Malani
The Head of Saint John the Baptist Brought before Herod by Giovanni di Paolo

The Beheading of the Baptist

Matthew 14:1–12; Mark 6:14–29; Luke 9:7–9


Pannemaker, Wilhelm de Paterson, Katie

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