Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Catalogue
- Year
- 1605
- Medium
- Oil on copper
- Dimensions
- 23.5 × 18.1 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.); Framed: 40.6 × 35.6 × 7.6 cm (16 × 14 × 3 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Denys Calvaert
Artist
Drawing
Denys Calvaert was a Flemish painter and printmaker active in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, known for religious narratives rendered in a Mannerist idiom that bridged Northern European and Italian traditions. Based in Antwerp and later Bologna, he produced altarpieces, devotional panels, and engravings that circulated widely across Catholic Europe. His workshop trained numerous artists who would carry Mannerist principles into the following generation.
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- Denys Calvaert
- Year
- 1605
- Medium
- Oil on copper
- Dimensions
- 23.5 × 18.1 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.); Framed: 40.6 × 35.6 × 7.6 cm (16 × 14 × 3 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1605-122137
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified