Saints
FRIEDRICH JOHN (ACTIVE C.1790S)
St John the Baptist in the Desert
c.1770-1800Stipple | 34.7 x 28.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851508
A print after a painting now in the Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt . Ruland (1876) catalogued the painting as being then in the 'Darmstadt Gallery'. Lettered with title and production details.
The painting 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).
The painting 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).
Creator(s)
Friedrich John (active c.1790s) (printmaker)
After a work attributed to the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
34.7 x 28.0 cm (sheet of paper)
23.6 x 17.6 cm (image)
S. JEAN BAPTISTE.
- 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 )
