Saint John the Baptist as a Boy (Wautier)
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Year | 1650s |
Saint John the Baptist as a Boy is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It depicts Saint John the Baptist as a young shepherd, wearing a sheepskin cover over his right shoulder and with the traditional attributes of a lamp and a simple wooden staff in the shape of a cross. It was painted in the 1650s and is now in the collection of the Museo Lazaro Galdiano in Madrid. The work was previously attributed to the Spanish painter Juan Martín Cabezalero.[1]
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[edit]- ^ Katlijne van der Stighelen; Gerlinde Gruber; Martha C. Howell; Jahel Sanzsalazar; Francesca Del Torre Scheuch; Ben van Beneden & Martine Van Elk (2018). Michaelina Wautier 1604–1689: Glorifying a Forgotten Talent (print book). Kontich, Antwerp, Belgium: BAI Publishers. ISBN 9789085867630. OCLC 1031438767 – via WorldCat.