DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Baptism of Christ, Study for a Window

19th-20th century

Artists

John La FargeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on buff tracing paper mounted to off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

mount: 74 x 36.8 cm (29 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.) actual: 70 x 33.6 cm (27 9/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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