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Print, St. John Baptizing Christ, ca. 1600

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1600. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

31.1 × 21.2 cm (12 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Inscribed, lower left: "J. Muller fecit"; lower right: "Harman Muller exc."

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower left: "J. Muller fecit"; lower right: "Harman Muller exc."; lower margin: "Christe, sator mundi, proses generosa Tonatis, / Sig iuuat impuros purus adine lacus / .O quam diuini mysteria sancta lauacri, Quo solet impurus purus abire lacu".

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Print, St. John Baptizing Christ, ca. 1600; Netherlands; engraving on laid paper; 31.1 × 21.2 cm (12 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-110

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