DrawingsItalian16th century

The Infant Saint John the Baptist

16th century

Artists

Fra Bartolommeo della PortaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk , with touches of white gouache, on dark cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper hinged to decorative mount.

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.8 x 16 cm (10 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Sir John Charles Robinson, London (L. 1433). Emile Wauters, Paris (L. 911) [sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 15-16 June, 1926, no. 14]. [Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 28 June 1979, no. 5, repr.] sold; to Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc. [later Vermeer Associates], Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1998. On long-term loan to Fogg 1979-1998 from Vermeer Associates.

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