DrawingsGerman?18th century

Saint John Preaching

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream laid paper

Culture

German?

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.5 x 26.8 cm (7 5/16 x 10 9/16 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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