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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.173
People
Sebastiano Ricci, Italian (1659 - 1734)
Title
The Baptism of Christ
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226817

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
67.3 x 106.4 cm (26 1/2 x 41 7/8 in.)
framed: 81.5 x 121.2 cm (32 1/16 x 47 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Henry Spencer & Sons, Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, Nov 13 1985, lot 144, sold]; to [Agnews, London(1985-1989) sold]; to Horace W. Brock (1989-1994) gift; to Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Horace W. Brock in memory of his parents, Hope and Horace Brock
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.173
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), p. 54, repr.
  • David De Witt, The Bader Collection: European Paintings, Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Kingston, Canada, 2014), p. 127 and repr. in color p. 127 as fig. 43b

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