John the Baptist meets Jesus Christ. Colour etching after A. Pollaiuolo.
- Pollaiolo, Antonio, 1426?-1498.
- Date:
- 1798
- Reference:
- 22436i
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Bible. N.T. John 1.29-33
Publication/Creation
1798
Physical description
1 print : etching, printed in sanguine ; image 15.1 x 19.1 cm
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Antonio Pollaiolo. Born at Florence 1428, was disciple of And. Del. Castagno.
The print includes the collectors' marks of (centre) Jonathan Richardson the elder (1665-1745) and (right) Sir Joshua Reynolds (F. Lugt, Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes, nos. L 2183 and L 2364 respectively) indicating their successive ownership of the drawing
References note
R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 515, no. 6151 ("Christus und Johannes der Täufer. Kreide und Bister auf bräunlichem Grund. Mit den Stempeln der Sammlungen von Richardson und Reynolds. In Metz' eigener Sammlung. C. Metz sc. Br. 7", H. 5" 7". Metz, Imitations of drawings.")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 22436i
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