Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist

After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Italian

1764–95

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The child Jesus sits on the Virgin's lap, holding a bird and looking at the young St. John the Baptist who offers a banner on his cross. In the 1760s, Bartolozzi produced a series of etchings on Guercino drawings in the British Royal Collection. These were reissued in the 1790s by John Boydell, but the lack of text here indicates that it was produced at the earlier date.

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Title: Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist
Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Artist: After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Date: 1764–95
Medium: Etching, printed in brown ink; state before letters
Dimensions: Plate: 11 9/16 × 8 11/16 in. (29.3 × 22 cm)
Sheet: 11 11/16 × 8 3/4 in. (29.7 × 22.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Object Number: 2018.839.140
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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