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Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness Surrounded by Symbols of the Evangelists and the Four Church Fathers

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness Surrounded by Symbols of the Evangelists and the Four Church Fathers

(German, active 1440–1468)
1466
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsDiameter of roundel: 18.2 cm
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number31.1208
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsDated in plate, on St. Jerome's prayerstall, upper right: 1 1466 1 [the two 6's are in reverse]; upper center: iohanness; left: S lukas; lower center: S matteus; center right: S markuss
ProvenanceDukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; April 27 - 28, 1931, anonymous sale (but Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 211 (sale price RM 20,000), to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 1931)