The Infant St. John the Baptist, by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, 1618–82
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The Infant St. John the Baptist

Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville)

1618–82

Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing. Composition outlined with black chalk inner line and brush and gray wash outer line; framing lines ruled in pen and gray-brown ink, possibly by the artist himself
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
4-3/8 x 5-5/8 in. (11.1 x 14.3 cm)
Culture
Spanish
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1963
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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