Giulio Sanuto
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness (see Bury 1990, no. 10)
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December 8, 02:13 PM GMT
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Giulio Sanuto (formerly attributed to Battista Franco)
1540 - 1588
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness (see Bury 1990, no. 10)
Engraving, 1545-55, a good, even impression of this rare print, on laid paper, unframed
sheet: 380 by 307mm 15 by 12⅛in
Formerly attributed to Battista Franco, this subject is now believed to be by Venetian engraver Giulio Sanuto. While the muscular figure is derived from a fresco by Mannerist painter Daniele Ricciarelli, better known as Daniele da Volterra, the landscape is inspired by Albrecht Dürer.
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