Giovanni Battista Bertucci
Saint John the Evangelist

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Artist Giovanni Battista Bertucci Italian (Umbrian), c. 1465–1516

CultureItalian

Titles

Saint John the Evangelist

Datec. 1512–1516

PlaceUmbria, Faenza, Italy

MediumTempera on panel

Dimensions51 1/4 × 23 1/2 inches (130.18 × 59.69 cm.)
frame: 61 1/8 × 30 7/8 × 3 1/8 inches (156.6 × 78.3 × 8 cm.)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1978.22

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCommissioned on April 21, 1512 by Sister Clarice Manfredi of the Third Order of Saint Dominic for the Chapel of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Dominican Church of Saint Andrea in Vineis, Faenza, and completed by the time of the artist’s death in 1516; Hercolani collection, Bologna, 1770; Collection of Count Cini, Rome; Collection of Lord Aldenham, 1846; [Sotheby’s, London, Lord Aldenham sale, February 24, 1937, no. 123 (as by Lo Spagna)]; purchased by Freeman; Jacob M. Heimann, New York, 1949; [Spencer A. Samuels & Co., New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1966; [?]; Cecil Amelia Blaffer Foundation; transferred to the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1978.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: “Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," touring Japan from April 13 thru October 3, 1999. Exhibition venues:The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, 13 April - 30 May 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, 5 June - 11 July 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, 17 July - 22 August 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 August - 3 October 1999. Exhibition catalogue (in Japanese only).

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