1998.184: The Infant Saint John the Baptist

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1998.184

People

Fra Bartolommeo della Porta, Italian (Florence, Italy 1472 - 1517 Florence, Italy)

Title

The Infant Saint John the Baptist

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299641

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk , with touches of white gouache, on dark cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper hinged to decorative mount.

Dimensions

27.8 x 16 cm (10 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: l.l., brown ink: L. 1433 (Sir. J. C. Robinson)
• collector's mark: l.l., black ink: L. 911 (Emile Wauters)
• inscription: verso of backing sheet, l.r., graphite: 17
• inscription: verso of backing sheet, center, graphite: 5

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Sir John Charles Robinson, London (L. 1433). Emile Wauters, Paris (L. 911) [sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 15-16 June, 1926, no. 14]. [Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 28 June 1979, no. 5, repr.] sold; to Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc. [later Vermeer Associates], Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1998.

On long-term loan to Fogg 1979-1998 from Vermeer Associates.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of an anonymous donor and the Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Fund in honor of Gabriele Geier

Accession Year

1998

Object Number

1998.184

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Frederic Lees, The Art of the Great Masters: As Exemplified by Drawings in the Collection of Emile Wauters, membre de l'Academie royale de Belgique, Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston, MA, 1913), p. 20, fig. 27
• Dessins anciens. Part I, auct. cat., Frederik Muller & Cie. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 15, 1926 - June 16, 1926), no. 14
• Catalogue of an Interesting Collection of Old Master Drawings formed by an Eminent Connoisseur, the Property of his Widow, auct. cat., Sotheby's (London, England, June 28, 1979), no. 5, p. 11; repr. p. 112
• George R. Goldner, Lee Hendrix, Nicholas Turner, and Carol Plazzotta, European Drawings: Catalogue of the Collections, J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu, 1987-2001), vol. 4, p. 10, fig. 3B

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