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Giovanni Battista Fontana
Saint John the Baptist Preaching1558-1580

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper, muscular standing figure with raised arm on rocky mound, large crowd of robed figures below, trees and distant fortification in background
Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Fontana
Title
Saint John the Baptist Preaching
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1558-1580
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/2 × 15 in. (49.53 × 38.1 cm) Image: 19 1/2 × 15 in. (49.53 × 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.541
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.