Saint John the Baptist preaching to a group of people in the wilderness. Engraving by J. Couché after F. Albani.

  • Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.
Date:
1786
Reference:
6242i
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Galerie du Palais Royal.
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Saint John the Baptist was the son of Saint Elizabeth, a relative (Greek "syngenis") of the Virgin. He was therefore a relative of Jesus Christ. His father was Zacharias. He is often depicted wearing camel's hair; with a lamb, referring to his description of Christ as the "Lamb of God"; with a cross of reeds held sometimes by him and sometimes by the lamb; and pointing with his index finger, to indicate his role as annunciator of Christ. His martyrdom by decapitation led to his being invoked especially against diseases associated with the head, such as migraine, epilepsy ("le mal Saint-Jean") and quinsy

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1786

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1 print : engraving, with etching

Lettering

St Jean prêchant dans le désert. De la galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans. A.P.D.R. École de Lombardie. I.r tableau de François Albane, ovale peint sur cuivre, ayant de hauteur 10 pouces 6 lignes, sur un pied, 2 pouces de large. ... Peint par François Albane. Grave par J. Couché.

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome V, Paris 1946, p. 278, no. 56 ("'St Jean prêchant dans le désert'. Sous le tr. c. : "Peint par François Albane. — Gravé par J. Couché". Ovale oblong sur fond rectangulaire. H. 0 m 156 x L. 0 m 205")

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Wellcome Collection 6242i

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