Saint John the Baptist
Francesco Francia · second half of the 16th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Unknown collector [stamp (not in Lugt), verso, in brown]. Alfredo Viggiano (1884¬¬–1948), Venice [stamp (Lugt 191a), recto, lower left, in purple]. Sold by Mia N. Weiner, New York, to Anne Searle Bent, Oct. 10, 1991; given to The Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Capturing the Sublime: Italian Drawings of the Renaissance and Baroque, edited by Suzanne Folds McCullagh with the assistance of Kate Tierney Powell (New Haven and London: The Art Institute of Chicago and Yale University Press, 2012), pp. 238 (color ill.) and 301, no. A1.
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