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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Adam Elsheimer German
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St John the Evangelist, turning to the right, stands barefoot on a wooded hillside under a tree. He blesses a snake emerging from a chalice.
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Title: St. John the Evangelist
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Adam Elsheimer (German, Frankfurt 1578–1610 Rome)
Date: 1650
Medium: Etching, first state of two
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (11.4 × 8.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number: 17.50.18-159
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