Saint John the Baptist

Related Artist: Jacques Jordaens (1593 - 1678)


Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands

Object details

Title

Saint John the Baptist

Technique and support

Oil on panel

Dimensions

67.0 x 48.0 cm

Artist

Related artist

Jacques Jordaens (1593 - 1678)

Most recent published attribution

Jordaens [always]

Collection and provenance

Collection

Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands

Inv. no.

1931/114

Provenance

Roger van Werdt, his sale, Bangel, Frankfurt, 4 June 1912 (14);
with J. Goudstikker Art Gallery, Amsterdam;
sold by Goudstikker to Dr. Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, The Hague, 1912;
Bequeathed by Dr. Cornelis Hofstede de Groot to the community (city) of Groningen, 1931.

Literature

Literature

The Hague 1914, no.14, as Jordaens;
Groningen 1931a, no.15;
Groningen 1931b, p. 37;
Groningen 1948, no.35;
Van Puyvelde 1953, p. 194;
Ottawa 1968-9, p. 82, under no. 21;
Jaffé 1969a, pp. 23, 33, n.50;
d’Hulst 1982, p. 97, fig. 61 (not fig. 67 as stated erroneously in the Paris 2013 exh. cat.);
Antwerp, 1993, pp. 92-3, no. A19 (R-A. d’Hulst);
Paris 2013-4, pp. 114-5, no. II.8 (A. Merle du Bourg);
Vander Auwera 2021a, ill. front cover, p. 42.

Consult the bibliography

Panel reverse

Cradled or uncradled

Cradled

Labels

Museum labels

Dendrochronology

Genus of wood

Oak

Number of planks

unknown

Plank no. 1

Tree rings: -
Dated:
Felled:
Origin:

Date of investigation

11 October 2017

Dendro report no.

GR001/2017

Remarks

Remark

The reverse of the panel had a further backing which prohibited a dendrochronological examination

Author

Dr. MBA Joost Vander Auwera

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