Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

1740

John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 55 × 38.9 cm (21 5/8 × 15 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.528

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 21, undesc state without lettering in lower left

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 21, undesc state without inscription in lower left

Inscriptions

lower center in image: GULIELMO WINDHAM / Armigero, Artium Elegantiorum / Fautori, hanc Tabulam humillime / Dedicat / J. B. Jackson

Wikidata ID

Q76557103

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