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Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Maker

After
(artist)
1523-1605

After
(artist)
1615-1678

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1633-1703

Title

Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Date of Production

1630 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper; loss of lower left corner

Dimensions

Height: 23.1 cm
Width: 29 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.580

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Literature

Turner, Jane Shoaf and Christopher White, Dutch and Flemish drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2014
p. 475
Under no. 549

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 25

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "Arteaga".

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