DrawingsItalian18th century

Saint John the Baptist

18th century

Artists

Pietro Antonio NovelliArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.2 × 11.3 cm (8 3/8 × 4 7/16 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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