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St John Baptising

Maker

After

1594-1665

(engraver)
1688-1738

Title

St John Baptising

Date of Production

1709

Dimensions

Height: 36.5 cm
Width: 51 cm

Accession Number

G.1939.AB.30

Mode of Acquisition

Warburg Institute, London, transfer, 1939

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Provenance

Léon Coutil, Les Andelys (1856-1943); acquired by Anthony Blunt for the Warburg Institute, 1938; transferred to The Courtauld Institute, 1939.

Inscriptions

Inscription: La Famiglia di Cristo // In Roma Presso Filippo Piale

Inscription: Nic. Poussin dipinse

Inscription: E. Jeaurat Sculp. 1709

Inscription: S. Joannes Judaeis Poenitentiae Necessitatem Annuntiat, Eosque in Jordane Baptisat. Matth. III. 5. 6. et Marc.I. 4. 5. Ex tabula N. Poussin manu depicta 2. ped. 10. pol alta, ped.3. pol 6.lata, quoe asservatur in AEdibus Regiis. S. Jean Annonce Aux Juifs La Necessite de la Penitence, et les Batise Dans Les Eaux Du Jordain. S. Matth. III. 5. 6. et S. Marc. I . 4. 5. D'apres le tableau de N. Poussin, hault de 2 pieds 10 pouces et large de 3 pieds 6 p. qui est dans les Apartemens du Roi. a Paris chez Picart le Romain, rue S. Jaque, au Buste de Monseigr.

Inscription: 134

Inscription: C717/15/14a

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