FJK 130

Veronese (Caliari Paolo) (Italian, Verona 1528–1588 Venice)

Study for the Baptism of Christ

ca. 1563
2 53/64 × 6 9/64 in. (72 × 156 mm)

Medium
Pen, brown ink and bistre wash on ivory paper

Collector’s mark “Richard Houlditch” bottom right (Lugt 2214)
Collector’s mark “Sir Joshua Reynolds” bottom left (Lugt 2364)
Illegible modern inscription in pen on the reverse

Origin

Sir Joshua Reynolds Collection (1723-1792), London
Richard Houlditch Junior Collection
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, July 2, 1990, no. 8
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 4991
Jan Krugier Foundation

Bibliography

REARICK W.R., “Paolo Veronese. Another Paolo Veronese Drawing of the Baptism of Christ,” in Gedenkschrift für Richard Harprath, Munich-Berlin, 1998, pp. 386-392.

Exhibitions

Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, p. 42, no. 14, color ill. p. 43.

Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, p. 86, no. 36, color ill. p. 87.

Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, p. 108, no. 38, color ill. p. 109.

Provinciale di Pordenone, (ex-Chiesa di S. Francesco, Pordenone), Dal Pordenone a Palma Il Giovane. Devozione e Pieta à nel Disegno Veneziano del Cinquecento, 2000, p. 170, no. 44, ill. p. 171.

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, p. 100, no. 38, color ill. p. 101.