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The Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist (study), ca. 1658

  • squaring (transferring technique), brown ink, paper
  • 250 x 170 mm
  • Inv. 1950-W-1-recto
Gaspar de Crayer
Antwerp 1584 - Ghent 1669
draftsmen (artists)
print room religious symbolism the apostle John the Evangelist; possible attributes: book, cauldron, chalice with snake, eagle, palm, scroll the beheading of John the Baptist 17th century

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Gaspar de Crayer RKD VIAF Wikidata
Antwerp 1584 - Ghent 1669
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title The Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist (study)
Date ca. 1658
Period 17th century
Medium and support squaring (transferring technique) AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription at the top: Première pensée ou croquis du Tableau de Crayer/ qui se soit A Se Bavon
Collection print room
Object type ink drawing
Inventory number 1950-W-1-recto
Acquisition credit purchase
Verhoeven, Rudolphe
Ghent
1915
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1950-W-1-recto
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8182/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11H(JOHN) the apostle John the Evangelist; possible attributes: book, cauldron, chalice with snake, eagle, palm, scroll Iconclass
31E23621 violent death by beheading Iconclass
44G32 executioner, hangman Iconclass
48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass
73C1333 the beheading of John the Baptist Iconclass
Gaspar de Crayer : sa vie et ses oeuvres / Hans Vlieghe. - Bruxelles : Arcade, 1972 (p. 206-207, nr. A172)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 13)
'Drawings by Gaspar de Crayer for the Ghent Album', in: Master Drawings / Hans Vlieghe. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 120-121)
Aanwinsten : Barok tot classicisme (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 09.03 - 09.04.1989). - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1989 (s.p. (ill.) 5)
200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. ( (ill.) 23-24), 268)
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