Saint John the Baptist as a Boy (Wautier)
Saint John the Baptist as a Boy is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It depicts Saint John the Baptist as a young shepherd, wearing a sheepskin cover over his right shoulder and with the traditional attributes of a lamp and a simple wooden staff in the shape of a cross. It was painted in the 1650s and is now in the collection of the Museo Lazaro Galdiano in Madrid. The work was previously attributed to the Spanish painter Juan Martín Cabezalero.[1]
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References
- Michaelina Wautier, 1604–1689: glorifying a forgotten talent. Stighelen, Katlijne van der,, Gruber, Gerlinde,, Howell, Martha C.,, Sanzsalazar, Jahel,, Del Torre Scheuch, Francesca,, Beneden, Ben van. Kontich. ISBN 9789085867630. OCLC 1031438767.CS1 maint: others (link)
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