St. John the Baptist
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Artist
content: Francesco Saverio Mergolo, Italian, 1746–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Drawing of John the Baptist sitting on a rock. He holds a staff in his right hand while he stretches out the other and looks up to the skies. A winged putto flies above and two others surround a lamb at the lower right corner.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-5666
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and wash, pen and ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.4 x 22.2 cm (12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.)