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The Penitence of Saint John Chrysostom, 1509. Engraving in black on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.
Engraving in black on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper · Image/plate/sheet: 28.6 × 23 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Penitence of Saint John Chrysostom
- Artist
- Lucas Cranach the Elder German, 1472-1553
- Date
- 1509
- Medium
- Engraving in black on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate/sheet: 28.6 × 23 cm (11 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1472–1553
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.