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CultureNetherlandish
Titles
  • Baptism of Christ
Date1520s
PlaceNetherlands
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions23 1/4 × 28 5/8 in. (59.1 × 72.7 cm)
Frame 28 x 33 1/2 in. (71.1 x 85.1 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1978.2
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
215 Blaffer Galleries
Exposé

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Provenance[Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1978.
Exhibition HistoryPossibly "Sacred Art from the Old and New Worlds," Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, June 2–September 15, 2002.

"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 26–September 3, 2018.

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