Saint John in the Wilderness

1725

Anton Maria Zanetti I

Artist, Italian, 1680 - 1757

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut, two woodblocks in light green and black on laid paper with gilt edges mounted on laid paper with wash borders

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 22.3 × 13.8 cm (8 3/4 × 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1952.8.486.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 30

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Associated Artworks

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Madonna and Child, Saint Stephen, Another Saint, and a Young Man or Woman

Anton Maria Zanetti I

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Saint Sebastian

Anton Maria Zanetti I

1723

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876) [bookplate]. (Pierre Berès Inc., New York); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia, PA, purchased 1952; gift to NGA, 1952.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

Inscription at bottom: "Magnanimo Devoniae Duci Guglielmo Francisci Parmensis Schedam / hanc, quam, Antonij Tridentini more deperdito, in ligno coelavit, / in Suae Servitutis monumentum humiliter devovet Antonius M.a Zanetti" with the date "1725"; on mount, at lower center, in black ink, in later hand: 31; on mount, at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: B.30; verso: none

Markings

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65222388

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