31 May 2021

Jheronimus/ Hieronymus Bosch. Saint John the Baptist (‘Meditaciones de San Juan Bautista’/ ‘Heilige Johannes de doper’), ca. 1490 (Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid).



Oil on wood: 48.5 x 40.5 cm. The odd plant next to Saint John was painted over a kneeling male figure. This man was probably a patron who was supposed to fund a private altarpiece with separate panels. A defaulter removed.

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