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Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Maker

Giuseppe Galeotti (artist)
1708-1778

Title

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Medium

pen and ink (grey), wash (grey) on blue laid paper,with grey ink framing lines (though the image overlays the lower ones), laid down

Dimensions

Height: 27.6 cm
Width: 23.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.227

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

William Bates, Birmingham (1824-1884), L.2604; possibly his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 19 January 1887, any one of numerous lots listed as 'Drawings by various Old Masters'; Puttick & Simpson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (10 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: upper right corner: "V"; lower left "S"; lower centre: sun with 12 rays (no match found in Heawood or Laurentius).

Inscription: Giuseppe Galeotti

Inscription: 227

Label: Giuseppe Galeotti: Sebastiain / Galeotti the Florentine painter / He settled at Leu[?] and died there / in 1746 had two sons Giuseppe / and Gio Battista. The sons were / living in 1769 and Ratti speaks / of them as excellent painters. //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of William Bates (L.2604)

Inscription: Giuseppe Galeotti / Italian. 1708-1778 / Signed or inscribed. //

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