Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness
Maker
(artist)
1503-1540
(woodcutter)
ca. 1510-ca. 1550 (Life dates)
1503-1540
(woodcutter)
ca. 1510-ca. 1550 (Life dates)
Title
Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness
Date of Production
1520 - 1550
Medium
ink (black and green, now faded) on paper
Dimensions
Height: 11 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1978.PG.34
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Colnaghi, London; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern (n.d.); Princes Gate bequest, 1978
Exhibition History
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/1987-12/07/1987
Literature
The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2022
p. 146n1 under no. 30
watermark is fig. 98 on p. 177
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 31
p. 146n1 under no. 30
watermark is fig. 98 on p. 177
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 31
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: recto, lower centre, a goblet enclosed in a circle (rotated left 90 degrees) (not in Briquet)
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