The Infant St. John the Baptist — Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. The Infant St. John the Baptist, 1618–82. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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The Infant St. John the Baptist

by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

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Artist: Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville)
Date: 1618–82
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing. Composition outlined with black chalk inner line and brush and gray wash outer line; framing lines ruled in pen and gray-brown ink, possibly by the artist himself
Dimensions: 4-3/8 x 5-5/8 in. (11.1 x 14.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1963
Accession no.: 63.5

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