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John the Baptist as a child
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John the Baptist as a child

anonymous · c. 1500 - c. 1525 · engraving; metal cut; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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John the Baptist as a child, with a four-line Italian inscription, in a frame with fragments of metal engravings featuring ornaments, birds, monkeys, and a watermill. Part of a print album with a title print and 56 scenes from the New Testament. Each scene mounted in an engraving with ornamental cartouches in which a window is cut out and provided with handwritten biblical passages.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineJohannes de Doper als kind. c. 1500 - c. 1525. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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