Saints
FRANÇOIS CHEREAU (1680-1729)
St John the Baptist in the Desert
published 1729Engraving with etching | 42.2 x 30.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851507
A print after a painting when in the Orléans Gallery. Lettered with title and production details. Published in 'Recueil de Crozat’, 1729, I, 19.
The painting, which is reported as having been subsequently in the possession of Lord Berwick and Lord Clifford at Tintern Abbey, Chepston, is a copy of the 'St John the Baptist in the Desert', a painting by the workshop of Raphael after designs by the master (c.1517-18) now in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.1446). For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
François Chereau (1680-1729) (engraver)
After a work attributed to the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
42.2 x 30.5 cm (sheet of paper)
38.5 x 30.3 cm (image)
S.t Jean dans le desert.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.238, no.A4/II.4 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )
