Current knowledge
Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) 775
Leonardo da Vinci
St John the Baptist
Current measurements:
69cm x 57cm
The Holbein Erasmus is now Louvre 1345.
It is a little unclear whether the light description is meant to refer to the Leonardo or the exchanged Titian
Van der Doort 1639
Leonardo da Vinci
St John the Baptist, with his right finger pointing upwards, his left hand at his breast holding a cane cross, the arm and hand damaged by cleaning before it came to your majesty, life-size half-length
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):