Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Maker
Giuseppe Galeotti (artist)
1708-1778
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
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
Keywords
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. //
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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