Woman Standing Holding a Jar on the Head

1731

John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in yellow and black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.8 x 8.6 cm (6 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.755

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C. purchased January 31, 1982; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 3

Inscriptions

Across lower edge below image: Per Illustri, ac Praclaro Viro JOSEPH SMITH / J. B. Jackson Humiliter Dedicat Donat, et / Sculpsit. 1731

Wikidata ID

Q76557869

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