Saint John the Baptist

c. 1505

Giulio Campagnola

Associated Names
Giulio Campagnola

Artist, Venetian, 1482 - after 1514

The image shows a figure standing upright with long, wavy hair, a prominent nose, and visible cheekbones. They wear draped garments cinched at the waist, with one hand holding the edge of their garment and the other resting across their chest. The figure wears sandals and the background shows a pastoral landscape with trees, shrubs, and buildings, including a tower, set against a distant hill.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and stipple engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.2 x 23.5 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9072

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.201, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1943

  • Selections from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943-1944, pp. 46-47, repro.

1957

  • The Printmaker: 1450-1950, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, 1957, repro.

1959

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1959, no catalogue.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 13, repro.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 18, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 278.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.149.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q65020513

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