Saints
Saints
VINCENZO BIONDI (B. 1804)
St John the Baptist in the Desert
c.1824-1870Engraving with etching | 41.1 x 28.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851506
A print after a painting now in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.1446). The invention of the composition is generally given to Raphael, but the execution is likely to have been carried out by his workshop (c.1517-18). Lettered with Bible quote, production details, dedication and dedicatee's coat of arms.
Creator(s)
Vincenzo Biondi (b. 1804) (engraver)
After a work attributed to the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Vincenzo Biondi (b. 1804) (designer)
Bardi, Luigi : Florence (printer)
Cav. Bali Ugolino Passerini [active 19C] (dedicatee)
Alessandro Bernardini [active 19C] (dedicator)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
41.1 x 28.3 cm (sheet of paper)
29.6 x 23.5 cm (image)
EGO VOS CLAMANTIS IN DESERTO. Ioann.I.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.235-9, no.A4 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )
