Saint John the Baptist

Prints and Drawings

c. 1505

Giulio Campagnola
Italian, c. 1482-1515/18

Active in Venice, where he learned to generate the diffuse, smoky effects characteristic of his teacher Giorgione, the painter and printmaker Giulio Campagnola is best remembered for his engraving. The artist invented the stipple engraving technique seen here, which was especially popular for reproductions in the 18th and 19th centuries, and he produced this work almost entirely out of dots and flecks. Silhouetting the hard-edged figure of John against a stark white background, Campagnola also relied on a drawing by Andrea Mantegna to give the prophet a powerful presence.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Giulio Campagnola
Title: Saint John the Baptist
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1500–1510
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 34.2 × 23.8 cm (13 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 24.7 cm (14 1/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: The Charles Deering Collection
Reference Number: 1934.151
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