DrawingsFlemish17th century

A Draped Male Figure Holding a Staff (John the Baptist?)

17th century

Artists

Anthony van DyckArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on coarse, gray-brown antique laid paper, darkened and laid down on heavy rag paper

Culture

Flemish

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

40.2 x 25.7 cm (15 13/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (1665-1745), London (L. 2184, lower right); to Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), London (L. 2432, lower right); to Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (L. 2364, lower left). [Sotheby’s, London, 25 November 1971, lot 9, repr.] [Sotheby’s, London, 21 March 1973, lot 22, repr. p. 59] sold; to Ian Woodner, New York, by descent; to his heirs, sold; [Christie’s, New York, 2 July 1991, lot 200, repr.]; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums; Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund, 1994.143.

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