Study for St John the Baptist
(c. 1517)
Medium
red chalk
Measurements
38.5 × 18.8 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1936
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Freedberg pp. 67, 84; Shearman pp. 364-65
Accession Number
351-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
full-length figures John the Baptist, Saint (Abrahamic religion iconography) line drawings (drawings) men (male humans)
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