Harvard Art Museums > 1998.184: The Infant Saint John the Baptist Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Infant Saint John the Baptist (Fra Bartolommeo della Porta) , 1998.184,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299641. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1998.184 People Fra Bartolommeo della Porta, Italian (Florence, Italy 1472 - 1517 Florence, Italy) Title The Infant Saint John the Baptist Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 16th century Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299641 Physical Descriptions Medium Black chalk , with touches of white gouache, on dark cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper hinged to decorative mount. Dimensions 27.8 x 16 cm (10 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: l.l., brown ink: L. 1433 (Sir. J. C. Robinson) collector's mark: l.l., black ink: L. 911 (Emile Wauters) inscription: verso of backing sheet, l.r., graphite: 17 inscription: verso of backing sheet, center, graphite: 5 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Sir John Charles Robinson, London (L. 1433). Emile Wauters, Paris (L. 911) [sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 15-16 June, 1926, no. 14]. [Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 28 June 1979, no. 5, repr.] sold; to Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc. [later Vermeer Associates], Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1998. On long-term loan to Fogg 1979-1998 from Vermeer Associates. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of an anonymous donor and the Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Fund in honor of Gabriele Geier Accession Year 1998 Object Number 1998.184 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Frederic Lees, The Art of the Great Masters: As Exemplified by Drawings in the Collection of Emile Wauters, membre de l'Academie royale de Belgique, Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston, MA, 1913), p. 20, fig. 27 Dessins anciens. Part I, auct. cat., Frederik Muller & Cie. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 15, 1926 - June 16, 1926), no. 14 Catalogue of an Interesting Collection of Old Master Drawings formed by an Eminent Connoisseur, the Property of his Widow, auct. cat., Sotheby's (London, England, June 28, 1979), no. 5, p. 11; repr. p. 112 George R. Goldner, Lee Hendrix, Nicholas Turner, and Carol Plazzotta, European Drawings: Catalogue of the Collections, J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu, 1987-2001), vol. 4, p. 10, fig. 3B Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
