Birth of Saint John the Baptist
Maker
Giacinto Boccanera (artist)
1666-1746
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
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)
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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