Property from a Distinguished Italian Collection
Follower of Maarten de Vos
Saint John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness
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Property from a Distinguished Italian Collection
Follower of Maarten de Vos
Saint John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness
oil on copper
unframed: 50.2 x 67 cm.; 19¾ x 26⅜ in.
framed: 76.7 x 93.5 cm.; 30¼ x 36¾ in.
Anonymous sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, 9 December 1984, lot 558;
Art market, 1985.
This composition derives from a print produced by Gerard de Jode (1516/17–1591) in his Thesaurus Novi Testamenti of 1585.1 The engraving is after a work as yet untraced by Maarten de Vos (1532–1603).
1 Inv. no. 1968,1018.1.245; engraving, 20.9 x 29.6 cm.; print | British Museum.
