Saint John the Baptist Preaching

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Artist: Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese) (Italian, Taverna 1613–1699 Valletta)
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 68 x 47 3/4 in. (172.7 x 121.3 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Melissa O. Aronson, in memory of Thomas P. Miller, 2005
Accession no.: 2005.477

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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00015563
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Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese)
1613–99 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020551
Seated Bishop with Arms Extended and Three Attendant Figures (recto); Head of a Lion and Perspective Diagrams (verso)
Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese)
1613–99 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020552
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Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese)
Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021576

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.