Girolamo Pompeo BATONI (Lucca, 1708 - Rome, 1787) Saint John the Baptist in the Desert Sanguine, set in tile. 21,9 x 16,9 cm Preparatory drawing for the Saint John the Baptist in the Desert, painted in 1752 and reappearing at public sale in Bonn (Plückbaum, June 19-20, 2020), now at Hall and Knight (New York and London). We thank Mr. Edgar Peters Bowron for confirming the authenticity of the work on photograph.