DrawingsFrench17th century

Saint John Preaching

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Charles MellinArtist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to card, framing lines in black ink

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.7 x 9.4 cm (5 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

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