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Moretto da Brescia (Allessandro Bonvicino)
St. John the Baptist in the Wildernesscirca 1535

Not on view
Oil painting of a nearly nude bearded man with hands pressed together, looking upward in a dark rocky landscape, with a glowing disk and stag in the distance

Moretto da Brescia (Allessandro Bonvicino), St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness, circa 1535, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Philip Yordan, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Moretto da Brescia (Allessandro Bonvicino)
Italy, Brescia, 1498-1554
Title
St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1535
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
Canvas: 22 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (57.15 × 49.53 cm) Frame (framed): 30 × 27 × 2 in. (76.2 × 68.58 × 5.08 cm) Packed: 34 x 29 x 6
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Yordan
Accession Number
51.4
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.
  • Drawings from Lombardy and Adjacent Areas, 1480-1620. Berkeley: James J. Gillick & Co, 1956.