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Object Type
Museum number: 1937,0915.306
Title: Series: Life of John the Baptist
Description: Plate 8, John in Prison, Visited by his Disciples: to the right, John, holding the reed cross, converses with two men through the bars of his cell; to right, in the foreground, soldiers stand guard within the prison; outside, a haloed figure approaches with a crowd Engraving
Producer name: After: Jan van der Straet; Print made by: Cornelis Galle the Younger; Published by: Theodoor Galle
School/style
Production date: 1630-1678
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 217 millimetres; Width: 274 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This is one from a series of ten, for comment see 1937,0915.299.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (131.III) (Johannes Stradanus); Baroni Vannucci 1997 / Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, flandrus pictor et inventor (706.8); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (35-44) (Cornelis Galle II)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: St John the Baptist (Prodromos); Representation of: Jesus Christ
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1937
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1937,0915.306

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