1934.91: Saint John the Evangelist Kneeling before the Virgin and Child, after Barocci

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1934.91

People

Unidentified Artist
After Federico Barocci, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1528 - 1612 Urbino, Italy)
Previously attributed to School of Benvenuto Cellini, Italian (1500 - 1571)

Title

Saint John the Evangelist Kneeling before the Virgin and Child, after Barocci

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Female Saint Adoring the Infant Christ

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

relief, sculpture

Date

c. 1600

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy?

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231289

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gilt bronze

Technique

Cast

Dimensions

12.7 x 9.5 x 0.6 cm (5 x 3 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
frame: 20.8 x 14.6 x 1 cm (8 3/16 x 5 3/4 x 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on reverse, in graphite:: 13

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Stefano Bardini, Florence, sold [through Christie's, London, May 26, 1902]; to H. O. Watson, New York. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Accession Year

1934

Object Number

1934.91

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Signor Stefano Bardini Collection, auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, England, May 1902), no. 264, repr. pl. 10

Exhibition History

• Unidentified exhibition, Lawrence University, 1936, Lawrence University, Appleton, 11/23/1936 - 01/18/1937

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