Saint John the Baptist Preaching, plate from Giulio Aleni's "Tianzhu jiangsheng zhuxiang jingjie" (An Illustrated History of the Lord of Heaven Who Became Incarnate in the Flesh), Jinjiang Church, Fujian Province, China
Woodcutter: Unknown Chinese; Publisher: Giulio Aleni
scene of St. John the Baptist standing in front of tree, preaching to crowd; two women seated at LRC, one feeding baby; seated woman holding two children at LLC; medieval clothing; western architecture at top half of image with seven small groups of people, possibly in military formation; eight Chinese characters throughout image
- Date
- 1637
- In our collection
- since January the 9th, 2008 up to now
- Dimensions
- 6 5/8 x 5 11/16 in. (16.83 x 14.45 cm) (image)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Woodblock print
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- Composition
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cadmium 64% copper 15% oxygen 2% zinc 19%