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José Leonardo
Saint John the Baptist in the Wildernesscirca 1635

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Mediterranean Crossings
Vertical oil painting of a barefoot, full-length male figure in animal-skin garment and red cloak, holding a tall staff with a scroll inscription, a white lamb at his side, with a river baptism scene in the background

José Leonardo, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, circa 1635, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
José Leonardo
Spain, 1601-before 1653
Title
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Place Made
Spain
Date Made
circa 1635
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 77 × 46 3/4 in. (195.58 × 118.75 cm) Frame: 89 × 58 × 3 in. (226.06 × 147.32 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Accession Number
47.8.29
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • El Siglo de Oro: the Age of Velázquez. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2016.

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