The Youthful Saint John the Baptist

Details

Circle of Michiel Coxcie (Malines 1499-1592)
The Youthful Saint John the Baptist
oil on panel
102.2 x 72.8 cm.
in a Bolognese carved, punched and gilded cassetta frame, in the early 17th century style, 19th century, with stylised acanthus course at the outer edge and recessed plate decorated with negative punched trailing flower stems

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Bonhams, London, 15 December 1999, lot 75, as Attributed to Michiel Coxcie.

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Lot Essay

The picture was attributed to Coxie by Max Friedländer; the composition is taken from the picture in the Accademia, Florence, commissioned by Cardinal Pompeo Colonna in Rome and given by him to his physician, Jacopo da Carpi, in Florence; the Accademia picture is from the workshop of Raphael, although scholars are divided as to whether the specific hand is that of Giulio Romano or Giovan Francesco Penni.

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