Saint John the Baptist preaching; verso: two separate scenes and a figure study

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Title: Saint John the Baptist preaching; verso: two separate scenes and a figure study [Drawing]
Inscriptions: None

Collation: 1 drawing : pen and brown ink, red chalk; verso: pen and brown ink, red chalk ; 220 x 297 mm

Provenance: Abbott, Francis 1801-1893 art collector; F. Abbott (Edinburgh), his sale, Brussels (Fiévez) 22-23 November 1922

Note: Annotated on the old mount, in pen and brown ink: 'Pietro Berretini, da Cortona / Born 1596 Died 1669'; in graphite, in different modern hands: 'melange encre et sanguine / + sujet: S Jean / + style = caractéristique', 'probablement de Guiseppe Passeri', 'd'après M. Bean (Jacob) Assistant Curator in charge of Drawings, / Metropolitan Museum of Art) cfr. sa lettre du 26 sept. 1961', 'Prov. Vente Fiévez, 1922 (coll. F. Abott); numbered, in pen and brown ink (blot out): '12'; in graphite: '42' and '347/6-7'; verso, in graphite: '71' and 'Dessins plans Berrettini'

Form/genre

Iconclass: 73C11 John the Baptist preaching (perhaps Christ among the bystanders)

ISBD: See ISBD format; Saint John the Baptist preaching; verso: two separate scenes and a figure study [Drawing]. - [s.a.]. - 1 drawing : pen and brown ink, red chalk; verso: pen and brown ink, red chalk ; 220 x 297 mm. - Annotated on the old mount, in pen and brown ink: 'Pietro Berretini, da Cortona / Born 1596 Died 1669'; in graphite, in different modern hands: 'melange encre et sanguine / + sujet: S Jean / + style = caractéristique', 'probablement de Guiseppe Passeri', 'd'après M. Bean (Jacob) Assistant Curator in charge of Drawings, / Metropolitan Museum of Art) cfr. sa lettre du 26 sept. 1961', 'Prov. Vente Fiévez, 1922 (coll. F. Abott); numbered, in pen and brown ink (blot out): '12'; in graphite: '42' and '347/6-7'; verso, in graphite: '71' and 'Dessins plans Berrettini'. - Verso: mark KBR in blue ink (Lugt 260).