St. John the Baptist

St. John the Baptist

about 1480
Artist
Alvise Vivarini, Italian, 1450-1505
Work Locations: Venice, Italy
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on panel
Accession Number
1961.161
Credit Line
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Alvise Vivarini, Saint John the Baptist, about 1480. Oil paint on panel; 45 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (114.9 × 37.5 cm). Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.161

Dimensions
image height: 45 1/4 in, 114.9350 cm; image width: 14 3/4 in, 37.4650 cm; frame height: 51 1/4 in, 130.1750 cm; frame width: 20 1/4 in, 51.4350 cm; frame depth: 3 1/4 in, 8.2550 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
Known Provenance
Countess Eleonora Reppi, Rome; bought by (Paolo Paolini) on 26 March 1926. (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878 1955] Rome Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863 1955] on 1 June 1936 ; gift to the National Gallery of Art in 1939; deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift 1961 to Denver Art Museum, no. 1961.161. Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum and we will post information as it becomes available. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.
Exhibition History
  • "Glory of Venice: Masterworks of the Renaissance"—Denver Art Museum, 10/02/2016 - 02/12/2017
  • "Glory of Venice: Renaissance Paintings 1470–1520"—North Carolina Museum of Art, 03/04/2017 - 06/18/2017

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