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St John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness

Oil Painting
ca. 1740 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil painting depicting St John the Baptist preaching to a large crowd among a grove of trees.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSt John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on copper
Brief description
Oil Painting, 'St John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness', Johann Georg Platzer, ca. 1740
Physical description
An oil painting depicting St John the Baptist preaching to a large crowd among a grove of trees.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 40cm
  • Estimate width: 61.6cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, I. Before 1800, C.M. Kauffmann, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1973
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882
Production
This painting is one of a pair with Salome dancing before Herod (483-1882).
Subject depicted
Associated object
484:2-1882 (Frame)
Bibliographic reference
Kauffmann, C.M. Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, I. Before 1800. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973, pp. 222-223, no. 276
Collection
Accession number
484-1882

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Record createdOctober 5, 2006
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