Giulio Bonasone and Pontormo [Jacopo Carucci]
Birth of St. John the Baptist
1517-1579
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving, 283 × 444 mm. (11 1/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.10900
Cut close
Coll. J. Norman (Lugt 3024) ; BMA by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940
Inscribed: At lower right, on base of pillar, "Iacobvs/Florentinvs/in Ventor/Nativitas/Beati Ioannis/Baptistae/Invlio. B. F." At bottom, in center, "Petri de Nobilibus Formis" At lower right, at bottom, "Ant Lafreri/ Seqvani Formis" In ink, on back, "The Nativity of John the Baptist,/Engraved by Julio Bonasoni/from the original painting of/Jacobus Florentinus/A rare print from the collection of Wm. Carey Esq. of London./Print described in Cumberland's life of Bonasoni page 56."
Markings: Claghorn stamp on back
