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Piero di Cosimo

The Young Saint John the Baptist

ca. 1480–82
Tempera and oil on wood
29.2 × 23.5 cm (11.5 × 9.3 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 604

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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