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Three Apostles

(Italian, about 1450–1523)
(Italian, about 1450–1523)
late 15th–early 16th century
Medium/TechniqueMetalpoint with brush and brown wash, heightened with white, on paper with a gray preparation
DimensionsSheet: 21.7 x 28.2cm (8 9/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Framed: 34.6 x 41.3 cm (13 5/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, Edward Jackson Holmes Collection
Accession number64.2094
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceSir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792, London, Lugt 2364); Thomas Banks (1735-1805, London, Lugt 2423); Baron Henri de Triqueti (1802-1874, Paris, Lugt 1304); Edward Jackson Holmes (1873-1950); Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (d. 1964, Boston); acquired by bequest December 1964
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