DrawingsItalian16th century

Study for a Figure of Saint John the Baptist

16th century

Artists

Giovanni di Pietro, called Lo SpagnaArtist

RaphaelPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Metalpoint on off-white antique laid paper prepared with a pale pink ground

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.2 x 17.7 cm (4 7/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Francesco Conestabile. John Postle Heseltine, London (Lugt 1507). [1] Henry Oppenheimer, London, sold; [Christie's, London, 10, 13-14 July 1936, lot 155, pl. 40] to; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London]. The Honorable Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1936 [1] Lugt notes that Oppenheimer purchased a number of drawings from the Heseltine collection in 1912.

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