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Saint John the Baptist

Saint John the Baptist

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Saint John the Baptist
ArtistItalian (Sienese), c. 1399–c. 1482
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Saint John the Baptist
Datec. 1435–1440
PlaceItaly
MediumTempera and gold leaf on wood
DimensionsPanel: 41 1/16 × 18 7/16 in. (104.3 × 46.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection, gift of Sarah Campbell Blaffer
Object number53.2
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
202 Willis Education Gallery
On view

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Department
Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean
Object Type
ProvenanceDikran Kelekian, Paris; Charles D. Kelekian, New York; [M. Knoedler and Co. New York], Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection; gift to MFAH March 16, 1953.
Exhibition History"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 26–September 3, 2018.
Published References Catalogue: "Robert Lee Blaffer Memorials," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 1953. "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Guide to the Collection," intro. by William C. Agee, entry by J. Patrice Marandel, No. 45 (1981) Dr. Carolyn C. Wilson, "Italian Paintings XIV-XVI in The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in association with Rice University Press and Merrell Holberton Publishers, London, 1996, cat. no. 13

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