Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

1740

John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed in tones of gray from four blocks on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    block: 56 x 38.7 cm (22 1/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 65.5 x 48 cm (25 13/16 x 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.529

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 21


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

Inscriptions

lower center in image: GULIELMO WINDHAM / Armigero, Artium Elegantiorum / Fautori, hanc Tabulam humillime / Dedicat / J. B. Jackson; lower left in plate: Paulo Veronese Pinxit JBJ f 1740

Wikidata ID

Q76557108


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