Saint John the Baptist

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA): purchased 2017 by NGA.

Saint John the Baptist

Franco, Battista

1550s

Accession Number

2016.18.1

Medium

etching with engraving on laid paper, laid down on blue paper

Dimensions

plate: 18.4 × 28.7 cm (7 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.) | sheet: 19.1 × 29 cm (7 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.) | mount: 25.2 × 31.9 cm (9 15/16 × 12 9/16 in.) (all unevenly cut)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Robert B. Loper