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The Baptism of Christ

about 1490–1500
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 15.8 x 12.0 cm (6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession numberM27575
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceJohn Barnard (d. 1784; Lugt 1419), London; April 16 and following days, 1798, his sale, under the direction of Thomas Philipe, London, lot 34 [see note]. After April, 1798, the Earls of Pembroke, Wilton House; by descent to their heirs, including Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1880 - d. 1960), who sold 16 albums that contained the print collection; July 5-6, 1917, Wilton House sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 11, purchsed for £31 by the MFA. (Accession Date: October, 1917)

Note: This impression does not have Barnard's mark on the verso. The information that it was in his collection comes from Lehrs, in the Geschichte und Kritischer Katalog des Deutschen, Niederländischen und Französischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert, vol. VII, p. 364. The 1798 auction catalogue of Barnard's collection, listing an engraving ofthis title by "bos", is online.
Marie Jeanne Renard du-Bos
Female Figure (blolo bla)
Masters of Sakassou (also called Nzipri Workshop)
c. 1840-1880
Two-handled jar (amphora) with a libation scene
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Fragment of a loutrophoros depicting the preparations of a bride
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
430–425 B.C.
Two-handled jar (pelike) with actors preparing for a performance
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Libation bowl (phiale mesomphalos) depicting men being entertained
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Bo Larsson