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St. John the Baptist

St. John the Baptist

Artist/Maker (Italian ca. 1575–ca.1635)
Dateca. 1618
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 30 1/2 × 24 1/2 in. (77.5 × 62.2 cm)
Frame: 38 9/16 × 32 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (97.9 × 82.9 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. and Mrs. F. F. Prentiss Funds
Object number1987.34
Status
On view
More Information
The most accomplished artist working in the Lombard-Piedmont region of Italy at the beginning of the seventeenth century, Tanzio was one of the first and chief practitioners in that region to paint in the manner of Caravaggio. In addition to executing several large fresco commissions for churches in Milan, he produced an impressive number of altarpieces and smaller pictures in a more personalized style. This eclectic approach combined Caravaggio's stylistic devices and use of light with the eccentric mannerism of Tanzio's Lombard region, and the bluntly naturalistic art of Piedmont.
ProvenancePossibly in the collection of Gioacchino d'Adda [1842-1913], Milan. (Possible sale, Doestch, Paris, 1895). Private Collection, Milan. (Enrico Cortona, Milan). Private Collection, New York, until 1985; (sale, Christie's, New York, January 15, 1985, lot 50); (Robert Dance, Inc., New York, by 1985); purchased 1987 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Caravaggio and Tanzio: The Theme of St. John the Baptist
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK (September 17, 1995 - November 26, 1995 )
  • The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (December 13, 1995 - February 11, 1996 )
Short-term Loan to Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 3, 1998 - August 17, 1998 )
Seven Hundred Years of Western Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 26, 2001 - June 2, 2002 )
Caravaggio: Behold the Man
  • Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (October 21, 2011 - February 5, 2012 )
Religion, Ritual and Performance in the Renaissance
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 28, 2012 - June 30, 2013 )
Collections
  • European
  • On View
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