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The Birth, Naming, and Circumcision of Saint John the Baptist
c. 1335 · tempera on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington
For the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist · 24 June
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Zacharias cannot speak, so he writes. He braces a scroll on one knee, brows furrowed, and the letters can be read: NOMEN EST IOHANNES, the name is John. Luke says the neighbours wanted the child called Zacharias after his father; the man beside him turns and gestures toward him. Behind, Saint Elizabeth sits up under a red coverlet, and the infant Saint John lies swaddled in his cradle. Miklós Boskovits notes that Giovanni Baronzio pushes the Naming, often a scene of its own, inside the Birth and sets it at the front, with the Circumcision at the far right. The front belongs to an old man writing a name.
Sources: Miklós Boskovits, 'The Birth, Naming, and Circumcision of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1335', in Italian Paintings of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, NGA Systematic Catalogue, online edition 2016 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, 'The Birth, Naming, and Circumcision of Saint John the Baptist', 1952.5.68 · Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Kress Collection, K1435 · Google Arts & Culture, National Gallery of Art, 'The Birth, Naming, and Circumcision of Saint John the Baptist'
And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered.
Luke 1:63 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)
The Record
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The file this print is made from
| Artist | Giovanni Baronzio (Italian, active c. 1320–1350) |
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| Date | c. 1335 |
| Museum | National Gallery of Art, Washington |
| Accession | 1952.5.68 |
| Medium | tempera on panel |
| Dimensions | painted surface: 46.4 × 38.3 cm (18 1/4 × 15 1/16 in.); overall: 48.8 × 40.7 cm (19 3/16 × 16 in.); framed: 55.7 x 48.1 x 5.1 cm (21 15/16 x 18 15/16 x 2 in.) |
| Sheet sizes | 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in |
| Held by | National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1952.5.68 the museum’s record |
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| Source file | the National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF) |
| Licence | public domain; the file released under CC0 |
| Master | 5,485 × 6,553 px, the file our printer receives |
| Chain | Taken from the National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF) on 1 September 2026; held as our print master. |
The sheets
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 6,553 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.