Saint John the Baptist

c. 1650

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

  • Dimensions

    overall: 7.2 x 5.9 cm (2 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 78 gr

  • Accession

    1998.108.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929], London.[1] E.L. Paget; (his estate sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 October 1949, "N").[2] Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1998 to NGA.
[1] According to a label on the reverse, Heseltine lent the medal to the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, in 1912.
[2] There is a Paget collection label on the reverse.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1912

  • Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1912.

Inscriptions

upper left: NON SV; across top: RE XIT; upper right: MAIOR (There has not arisen one greater); handwritten on round label on reverse: B.F.A.C. / J.P. Heseltine / 1912.; printed around circumference of a second round label on reverse: E.L.PAGET.COLLECTION; handwritten in center of Paget label: N.

Wikidata ID

Q63861567

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