# Initial A: Saint John the Baptist and the Messiah, cutting from a gradual

- By: Master of the Burke Saint John the Baptist and the Messiah
- Date: about 1400–1450
- Medium: Tempera colors and gold
- Classification: Detached leaf
- Dimensions: Leaf: 25.7 × 17.7 cm (10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
- Culture: Italian (Umbria ?)
- Credit line: Gift of T. Robert and Katherine States Burke
- Museum: [J. Paul Getty Museum](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/1GCBD0)
- Rights: [CC0. Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/bb490d4124a16a4eda47e20cec436b02.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)