Saint John the Baptist holding a lamb, surrounded by five youths, in a cupola with cockle shells and festoons of fruit above, after Correggio's frescoes from the cupola of the Parma Cathedral
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Correggio (Antonio Allegri)|Giovanni Battista Vanni
Artist bio: Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome|Italian, Correggio, active by 1514–died 1534 Correggio|Italian, Pisa or Florence 1599–1660 Florence
Artist role: Printer|Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Italian
Date: 1642
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 19 7/16 × 16 1/2 in. (49.4 × 41.9 cm)
Sheet: 24 3/4 × 18 7/16 in. (62.9 × 46.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1965
Accession year: 1965