Saint John the Baptist

A painting of similar subject, but of slightly different composition, is in Bologna (Pinacoteca Nazionale; Simone Cantarini detto il Pesarese 1612-1648, exh. cat., Bologna, Pinacoteca Nazionale, 1997-8, no. I.56). Stylistically the drawing can be compared to a series of male figures studies, also in red chalk (op. cit., nos. II.14-20).