The Infant St. John the Baptist

Rogers Fund, 1963

Catalogue

Year: 1618
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing. Composition outlined with black chalk inner line and brush and gray wash outer line; framing lines ruled in pen and gray-brown ink, possibly by the artist himself
Dimensions: 4-3/8 x 5-5/8 in. (11.1 x 14.3 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Bartolomé Estebán Murillo

Artist

Spanish painter and draftsman, 1618-1682

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Artist: Bartolomé Estebán Murillo
Year: 1618
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing. Composition outlined with black chalk inner line and brush and gray wash outer line; framing lines ruled in pen and gray-brown ink, possibly by the artist himself
Dimensions: 4-3/8 x 5-5/8 in. (11.1 x 14.3 cm)
Watts ID: WW-1618-321842

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