drawing
- Museum number
- 2009,7055.1
- Description
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The Baptism of the Eunuch; landscape with a river, trees to right where baptism occurs on the far bank; St Philip also seen in foreground on the nearer bank addressing the Ethiopian in his carriage to left; dead tree-stump lower right; vista to city with mountains beyond and the sun setting behind them; within gold border
Bodycolour touched with gold, on vellum laid down thin wooden board
- Production date
- 1615-1635 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 123 millimetres
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Width: 91 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Close in style to Freidrich Brentel, Johann Konig and Johann Wilhelm Baur. For similar miniatures by Friedrich Brentel, see 'Johann Wilhelm Baur: Maniérisme et baroque en Europe', Strasbourg, 1998, cat.nos.8, 30 and 72. For a miniature by Johann König see H. Geissler, 'Zeichnung in Deutschland: Deutsche Zeichner 1540-1640', Stuttgart, 1979, cat.no.F36.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2009
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2009,7055.1
