DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Saint John the Baptist Preaching in a Landscape

18th-19th century

Artists

Jean-Antoine ConstantinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and gray wash over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

46.7 x 35.7 cm (18 3/8 x 14 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Annamaria Edelstein, London, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 1985, inv. no. D-F-66, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999, inv. no. 1999.7

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