Saint John on Patmos

c. 1547

Geoffroy Dumoûtier

Associated Names
Geoffroy Dumoûtier

Artist, French, active c. 1535 - 1573

This is a drawing with ornate framing. The composition includes a central figure seated outdoors in a pastoral landscape, surrounded by intricate ornamental elements. The central figure is highlighted in an oval frame and is gesturing with an outstretched arm. The setting includes natural elements such as a tree and a distant village or cityscape. The surrounding frame is richly decorated with baroque motifs including cherubs, scrollwork, and decorative masks or faces resembling suns with rays. In the lower part of the composition, there are garlands of fruit and flowers. The style features fine line work and detailed shading, typical of classical and allegorical designs from the Renaissance or Baroque periods.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with brown wash over black chalk, corrected and heightened with white gouache, with border lines by the artist on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 19.6 x 15.3 cm (7 11/16 x 6 in.)
    support: 33.2 x 28.7 cm (13 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.1.56


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

G. Usslaub (L.1221), J. Tardieu (L.1541 & 1541a). Julius S. Held [1905-2002], by 1970; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 30-31, 275, no. 6.

Inscriptions

later hand lower center on mount in graphite: (attribution given and crossed out), pd 15 florins? / ex coll GU (G Usslaub) and G.Tardieu (Lugt 1541a) / L.1 221; uLv//in brown ink: Ante Dieu ... 15#

Watermarks

shield with fleur-de-lis (partial, at right edge)

Wikidata ID

Q64571167

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