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Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Maker

Giacinto Boccanera (artist)
1666-1746

Title

Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Date of Production

1706

Medium

chalk (black), pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic paper support

Dimensions

Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3751

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

given by the artist in 1706 to an unidentified owner (who recorded this gift on the verso, now hidden under the backing sheet; thought by some to be Padre Resta, but does not match his known handwriting); unidentified collector (stamp on verso, hidden under backing sheet, not found on Lugt); Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre: circle, unable to see what it contains due to support.

Inscription: G: Boccanera

Inscription: Del Sig. Giacinto Boccanera donatomi dal med.mo lanno 1706

Collector's mark: unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt)

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