DrawingsAmerican19th century

Saint John the Evangelist in Meditation, after Guercino

19th century

Artists

Matthew J. WhippleArtist

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)Artist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

32 x 26 cm (12 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.) mount: 35.5 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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