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Battista Franco

John the Baptist, lying on the ground naked except for a cloth covering his thighs, with his right arm curled around a rock, a reed cross lies on a rock in the foreground

Etching and engraving; first proof
17.8 × 28.7 cm (7 × 11.3 in)

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