Skip to main content
Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.
Menu
Main navigation
Visit
Toggle Visit submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Visit
—
Visit
—
Family visits
—
Group visits
—
Audio app
—
Out-of-hours tours
—
Tours and talks
—
Object trails
—
Accessibility
—
Food and drink
—
Late opening on Fridays
—
Museum map
Exhibitions and events
Collection
Toggle Collection submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Collection
—
Collection
—
Collection online
—
Galleries
—
Blog
—
The British Museum podcast
Learn
Toggle Learn submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Learn
—
Learn
—
Schools
—
Communities
—
Adult learning
—
Young people
Membership
Toggle Membership submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Membership
—
Membership
—
Renew Membership
—
Events
—
Buy Membership
—
Renew Gift Membership
—
Existing Members
—
Buy Under 26 Membership
—
Upgrade your Membership
—
How your money helps
—
Buy Gift Membership
—
Visiting as a Member
—
Members' Room
Support us
Toggle Support us submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Support us
—
Donate
—
Corporate support
—
Become a Patron
—
Supporter case studies
—
Become a Volunteer
—
Existing Patrons
—
Leave a legacy
—
American Friends of the British Museum
Secondary navigation
Shop
Search
Donate
Hide menu
print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1870,0514.1234
Title
Series:
Six Penitent Saints
Description
St John the Baptist praying in the wilderness; he kneels and has a crucifix staff on his shoulder and a sleeping lamb at his feet; beyond is an expansive landscape with a river and bridge and at left tall trees at the edge of a forest; after Muziano. c.1573 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Cornelis Cort
After:
Girolamo Muziano
School/style
Netherlandish
Italian
Production date
1573
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
Rome (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
502 millimetres
Width:
374 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The lower margin is not present which suggests that this belongs to the state after the removal of Breggi's address. For the first state see 1928,0313.122.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(123.II)
(Cornelis Cort)
Bierens de Haan 1948 / L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort, graveur hollandais 1533-1578
(115)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
life of baptist
Associated names
Representation of:
St John the Baptist (Prodromos)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Daniell
Acquisition date
1870
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1870,0514.1234