The Birth and Naming of St. John the Baptist
The Birth and Naming of St. John the Baptist

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The Birth and Naming of St. John the Baptist,

18th century

Italian

x1952-181

Information

Title
The Birth and Naming of St. John the Baptist
Dates

18th century

Medium

Pen, brown ink, and gray brown wash over black chalk

Dimensions

24 x 23.7 cm (9 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.

Object Number
x1952-181
Inscription

center top recto: IOANES EST NOMEN EIUS

Culture
Italian
Type
drawings
Subject
putti, clouds, baptisms, infants, births, figures (representations), basins, saints, men, water, women

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