Italian School
15th century
Julian the Apostate ordering the Burning of the Remains of St. John the Baptist
10 15/16 x 16 7/16 inches (277 x 417 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with opaque white, on brown oiled paper.
1992.136
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
This is published as the work of Nicola Giolfino (Verona 1476-1555) and identified as Julian the Apostate ordering the Burning of the Remains of St. John the Baptist by Hans-Joachim Eberhardt in Degenhart & Schmitt, Corpus..., III, 3 (Badile Album) (Munich, 2010), p. 149.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Flower with eight petals and a design in the center.
Associated names
Giolfino, Nicola, 1476-1555, Alternate attribution.
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Alternate attribution.
Mazzolino, Ludovico, 1480?-1530, Formerly attributed to.
Geiger, Benno, 1882-1965, former owner.
Cassini, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Alternate attribution.
Mazzolino, Ludovico, 1480?-1530, Formerly attributed to.
Geiger, Benno, 1882-1965, former owner.
Cassini, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 56.
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