Anton Raphael Mengs
Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness
Date1760s?
PlaceItaly
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 84 1/2 × 58 1/4 in. (214.6 × 148 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1980.2
Not on view

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ProvenanceRev. Father Joseph, Saint Gabriel's Retreat, Blythe Hall, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England; [Sotheby's, London, February 20, 1974, lot 28]; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1980.

Exhibition History"Neoclassicism: A Taste for the Antique, 1720-1790," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, March 20-May 30, 2011.

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