Three Scenes from the Life of St. John the Baptist ; John the Baptist preaching, Baptism of Christ, Beheading of John the Baptist Artist: UnknownArtist (probably French)

1572

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and blue ink and blue wash, squared in black chalk

Dimensions

Sheet: 25.6 × 42.9 cm (10 1/16 × 16 7/8in.)
Framed: 43.815 × 59.055 cm (17 1/4 × 23 1/4in.)

Credit Line

Egmont Collection, Yale Library Transfer

Accession Number

1961.66.39

Geography

Made in France

Culture

French or Flemish

Period

16th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
John Percival, first Earl of Egmont (1683-1748); John T. Graves; Robert Hoe (sale New York, Anderson Auction Company, April 15-19, 1912, Library of Robert Hoe, Part III, A-K, no. 949; Yale University Library (anonymous gift, 1957)
Bibliography
  • Suzanne Boorsch and John J. Marciari, Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 76–77, no. 16, ill.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Signed

Annotated w/ pen and brown ink in tablet at top center within painting: "1572" and w/ pencil on mount at LR: "De Vos"

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