Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Artist, Italian, c. 1778 - 1811

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink on wove paper attached to album page
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 34.7 x 26.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
mount: 41.4 x 30.5 cm (16 5/16 x 12 in.) -
Accession
2009.70.9
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gaetano Botticelli (according to note on mount). Del Magno Collection (according to inscription). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2012
The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 102-103, no. 40 (entry by Andaleeb Banta).
Inscriptions
by artist, lower center in pen and dark brown ink: FA (in monogram); by later hand, lower left in pen and black ink: a Del Magno; by later hand on mount, upper right in pen and red ink: 141.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: l/-/-; by later hand on mount, lower left to lower center in pen and brown ink: Felice Albides Spagnolo fece. / S. Giovanni Battista nel deserto.; by same hand on mount, lower center to lower right in pen and brown ink: Acquistato del Sig r(in superscript). Gaetano Botticelli Pittore.; lower left embossed on red plastic: FI6; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Del Magno Collection
Watermarks
animal head
Wikidata ID
Q64561243