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Object Type
print
Museum number
U,1.23
Description
St John the Baptist preaching to crowds in the wilderness, after Ludovico Carracci Etching
Producer name
After:
Lodovico Carracci
School/style
Italian
Production date
1700-1800
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
245 millimetres
Width:
170 millimetres
(sheet)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
By a late XVIIIc hand; in reverse after the altarpiece now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna, formerly in the Certosa there.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
preaching of baptist
Associated names
Representation of:
St John the Baptist (Prodromos)
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(with Philipe's blindstamp and initials CMC)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
U,1.23