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Figures in a landscape are drawn into four tall slender panels within a gothic arch.

From the left in first panel: three figures, all dressed in ancient robes, one woman kneels in foreground, all facing right. Second panel: a haloed man (Christ) stands in water with a hand above his head coming from the right, wearing loose robes over his right shoulder. Third panel: another haloed man (John the Baptist) stands with a cross-shaped staff in robes, extends his right arm over Christ, sprinkling water. Fourth panel on right, group of four people dressed in robes face left, age ranges from older man with beard to young woman kneeling in the foreground.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.573
People
Attributed to John La Farge, American (New York, NY 1835 - 1910 Providence, RI)
Title
Baptism of Christ, Study for a Window
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Study for a Stained Glass Window
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307880

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on buff tracing paper mounted to off-white wove paper
Dimensions
mount: 74 x 36.8 cm (29 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
actual: 70 x 33.6 cm (27 9/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: 2 ft high / 10 1/2" wide

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.573
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry A. La Farge, Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of John La Farge, Unpublished (n.d.), card 993

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2130 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/01/2023 - 10/16/2023

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