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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1946,0713.1071
Description
St John the Baptist with saints and donors; standing on a mound beneath a tree, to left St Bartholomew, to right St James of Compostella (?), in the foreground twelve standing and kneeling men in late sixteenth century costume Pen and brown ink
Producer name
Drawn by:
Anonymous
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
16thC(late)
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
274 millimetres
Width:
168 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Popham (D & F) 1932 / Dutch and Flemish drawings of the XV and XVI centuries
(undescribed)
Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick
(p.172(7))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
preaching of baptist
dutch costume 16thc
Associated names
Representation of:
St John the Baptist (Prodromos)
Representation of:
St Bartholomew
Representation of:
St James the Greater
(?)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Count Antoine Seilern
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel Woodburn
(Christie's, 12.vi.1860/1090 as 'Landscapes and cattle, of the Dutch and Flemish School', 30 in the lot, bt Phillipps £1-4-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date
1946
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1946,0713.1071
Conservation
Treatment
: 31 Jul 1996