Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness

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Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness

c. 1700?

Anton Domenico Gabbiani (Italian, 1652–1726)

This drawing was probably removed at some point from Matthew Carey Lea's album VII, which contains a large group of reproductive prints after drawings by Gabbiani, a Florentine painter who worked a great deal for the Medici producing portraits and decorating palaces and villas with paintings.

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Object Details

Title:

Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness

Date:

c. 1700?

Artist:

Anton Domenico Gabbiani (Italian, 1652–1726)

Medium:

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on beige laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 9 7/8 x 8 7/16 inches (25.1 x 21.5 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the Matthew Carey Lea bequest of 1898 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman and the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund (by exchange), 1984

Accession Number:

1984-56-670

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe

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