Studies of Saint John the Baptist, after 1455, Flemish, Metalpoint on gray prepared paper, 4 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (11.8 x 18.1 cm), Drawings, Copy after Rogier van der Weyden (Tournai, 1399–Brussels, 1464), This highly accomplished sheet of studies in metalpoint is actually a record of a painting rather than a study for one. The bust-length profile of Saint John the Baptist and adjacent studies of legs correspond exactly to the figure of Saint John baptizing Christ in the central panel of a triptych by Rogier van der Weyden, Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
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