Art, literature & history
The Infant St. John the Baptist
1618–82
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing. Composition outlined with black chalk inner line and brush and gray wash outer line; framing lines ruled in pen and gray-brown ink, possibly by the artist himself
- Dimensions
- 4-3/8 x 5-5/8 in. (11.1 x 14.3 cm)
- Collection no.
- 63.5
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. The Infant St. John the Baptist. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Infant St. John the Baptist — Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. 1618–82.
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing. Composition outlined with black chalk inner line and brush and gray wash outer line; framing lines ruled in pen and gray-brown ink, possibly by the artist himself. Dimensions: 4-3/8 x 5-5/8 in. (11.1 x 14.3 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1963.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.