# Saint John the Baptist Preaching, in Italian Baroque

Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese) painted this in about 1650, aged about 32. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1650
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 68 x 47 3/4 in. (172.7 x 121.3 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.477
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/mattia-preti-il-cavalier-calabrese), Italian, 1613–1699

1 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese)'s contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-mattia-preti-il-cavalier-calabrese?hang=749) (8 works)
- [More paintings of the 17th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/painting-17?hang=749) (168 works)
- [17th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy?hang=749) (39 works)

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