Saint John the Baptist. Etching by Pietro del Pò after Annibale Carracci.

  • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
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1600-1699
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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

Publication/Creation

1600-1699

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1 print

Lettering

Ani. Caraci in. Pet. del Pò sc.

Edition

[State before Bertrand's imprint].

References note

Adam von Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, vol. XX, Vienna 1820, pp. 250-251, Pierre del Pò no.16 ("16. St. Jean Baptiste assis dans le désert, montrant le Christ qui se promène à droite dans le lointain. D'après Annib. Carrache. On lit à la gauche d'en bas: Ani. Caraci in. Pet. del Po sc. A Paris au quay de gesures chez le sieur Bertrand auec priuil. du Roy. 1663. Hauteur: 1i5p. 9 lign. Largeur: 12 p. 3 lign. On a de ce morceau de premières épreuves sans l'adresse de Bertrand.")

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