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Giovanni Balducci: The birth of Saint John the Baptist   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Giovanni Balducci  (1560–1631)  wikidata:Q3107021
 
Alternative names
il Cosci
Description Italian painter and drawer
Date of birth/death ca. 1560 after 1631
Location of birth/death Florence Naples
Work location
Florence (1575–1592); Rome (1592–1600); Naples (1600–1631) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3107021
Title
The birth of Saint John the Baptist
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: "Another version of this painting, which was historically attributed to Giorgio Vasari, then Giovanni Battista Naldini, but today given to his pupil Giovanni Balducci, called Cosci, is in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (inv. no. 132).1 A preparatory drawing is in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 589).2 We are grateful to Dr. Carlo Falciani for endorsing the attribution following first-hand inspection." [1]
Medium oil on panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 75.3 cm (29.6 in); width: 61.1 cm (24 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,75.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,61.1U174728
Object history

Provenance:

  • Mr. Ruffini, Nemours, after 1914;
  • Dr A. Clergeau, Varennes, by 1930 (this, and the above according to an old label affixed to the reverse);
  • Anonymous sale, Fontainebleau, Osenat Maison, 26 November 2017, lot 177, where acquired.
  • Auction: Sotheby's, London, 4 July 2019, Old Masters Day Sale, lot 168
Source/Photographer https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/old-master-day-l19034/lot.168.html

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