Description
Did Michelangelo paint some of this work? This panel formed part of a series depicting the life of John the Baptist, with other panels located in New York City and Liverpool, England. Scholars believe that as many as five artists may have participated in creating the artworks and disagree about who painted this panel. Michelangelo Buonarotti, a lifelong friend of Francesco Granacci’s, may have contributed, perhaps in the drapery of the figure in white.
Provenance
Marchese Giovanni Gerini, Palazzo Gerini, Florence, Italy, sold to Reverend John Sanford (-between 1830-1837); Reverend John Sanford [1777-1855], Florence, Italy and London, United Kingdom purchased from Marchese Gerini between 1830 and 1837; (by 1837); Lord Frederick Paul Methuen [1818-1891] (married John Sanford's daughter, Anna Horatia Caroline Sanford [1824-1899], by inheritance to the Methuen Family, Corsham Court, Chippenham, England (1844); (Christies, London, England, sale May 13, 1899, no. 85) (1899); Mrs. Murray Guthrie [1872-1945] (sale: Christie's, London, March 11, 1911, no. 25, sold to S.W. Partridge) (-1911); (Partridge and Co., London, England, sold to Duveen Brothers) (1911-1917); (Duveen Brothers, 1917) (1917); Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss [1865-1944], Cleveland, OH, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection. (-1944); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1944-)
Accession Number
1944.91
Medium
tempera and oil with gold on wood
Dimensions
Unframed: 76.2 x 33 cm (30 x 13 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
