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Simone Cantarini, artist
Italian, 1612 - 1648
St. John the Baptist in the Desert, 17th century
Etching
16.9 x 16.7 cm (image)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1995.124.25

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Artist Biography: Born in Oropezza near Pesaro (he is also called "Il Pesarese") in 1612, worked under Claudio Ridolfi and then in Bologna. Follower of Guido Reni until 1637, went to Rome ca. 1639, Mantua ca. 1642, and Verona where he died on 15 October 1648. See: Sopher, Marcus. Seventeenth-Century Italian Prints. Stanford: 1978.~~Reference: Bartsch, Adam. Le Peintre-graveur. Vol. XIX. W¸rzburg: 1920~Spike, John. Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century. The Illustrated Bartsch. vol 42. New York: 1981, Abaris Books~

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Desert in Baptist the Marcus Mrs Mr 72 catalogue c 17th verso LL stamp Sopher S M 1974 February Tunick David Provenance Europe Italy Print Etching left crucifix water catch hand right his bowl holding rock sitting John St young Simone Cantarini Italian 3154201307150012 A030011 1995.124.25 AFGA