2020.293: Baptism of Christ

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2020.293

People

Jan Harmensz. Muller, Dutch (Amsterdam 1571 - 1628 Amsterdam)

Title

Baptism of Christ

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Primitive Mankind Enlightened through the Baptism of Christ
Former Title: St. John the Baptist baptizing Christ

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1590-1594

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/358847

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash and white opaque watercolor on prepared antique laid paper

Dimensions

36 × 28.9 cm (14 3/16 × 11 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Richard Feigen, New York, 1972]. [Arnoldi-Livie, Munich], sold; to George Abrams, Boston, 2007, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in memory of Ernest Monrad, Harvard College Class of 1951

Accession Year

2020

Object Number

2020.293

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Old Masters & The Modern Environment, exh. cat., Richard L. Feigen (Chicago, 1972), cat. no. 3, repr.

Exhibition History

• Mirror of Holland: Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Part 1, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 11/20/2010 - 03/06/2011
• The Art of Drawing in the Early Dutch Golden Age, 1590–1630: Selected Works from the Abrams Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2017 - 01/14/2018

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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