Preaching of John the Baptist in the Wilderness
18th century
Artist

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, and brown wash, heightened with white, on prepared laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
Overall (approximate): 48.6 x 36.5 cm (19 1/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
support: 53.1 x 39.2 cm (20 7/8 x 15 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1973.64.13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna, by 1906); J.V. Novak (Lugt 1949); (Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna, c. 1969); Malcolm M. BIck, Springfield, MA, by 1973); gift to NGA in 1973.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1974
Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:206.
1990
Magrini, Marina. "Francesco Fontebasso-I disegni," Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell'Arte 17, 1990: 168 note 17, 194, under no. 189.
Inscriptions
in later hand, upper center verso: 4.; lower left verso: 3) / l e; lower right verso: XXI/4a / #12
Wikidata ID
Q64562074