
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
DIEGOWW-1617-548447
1617·Oil on canvas·175.3 × 152.5 cm (69 × 60 in.); Framed: 202.3 × 184.2 × 9.2 cm (79 5/8 × 72 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.)
Gift of Barbara Deering Danielson
Catalogue
- Year
- 1617
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 175.3 × 152.5 cm (69 × 60 in.); Framed: 202.3 × 184.2 × 9.2 cm (79 5/8 × 72 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- DIEGO
Artist

DIEGO
Painting
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is generally considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Western art.
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- DIEGO
- Year
- 1617
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 175.3 × 152.5 cm (69 × 60 in.); Framed: 202.3 × 184.2 × 9.2 cm (79 5/8 × 72 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1617-548447
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
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