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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
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.