1983.129: Saint John the Baptist

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1983.129

People

Attributed to Dosso Dossi, Italian (Mirandola, Italy c. 1486 - 1542 Ferrara, Italy)

Title

Saint John the Baptist

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

15th-16th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/295180

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white gouache on cream antique laid paper prepared with a pink wash

Dimensions

24 x 18.7 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Lower left, graphite: 25000 (?).
  Verso, black ink: 8 / Dosso.
  Verso, graphite: Florenz / 30 / IX 23 / 181025 / UXX; red crayon: 40
• watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/8/2002.
• collector's mark: verso, lower right: L.s. 788B (Dr. Ludwig Pollak)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. Ludwig Pollak (L. 788b)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Ian Woodner

Accession Year

1983

Object Number

1983.129

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Margarete Merkel Guldan, Die Tagebücher von Ludwig Pollak, Kennerschaft und Kunsthandel in Rom 1893-1934, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Vienna, 1988), p. 235 note 109
• Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under Lugt 788b

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