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Decapitation of John the Baptist,
ca. 1803
Agostino Ugolini, Italian, 1755–1824
y1935-43
Information
Title
Decapitation of John the Baptist
Dates
ca. 1803
Maker
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
56 x 34.3 cm (22 1/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
frame: 56 x 34.3 x 4 cm (22 1/16 x 13 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry White Cannon Jr., Class of 1910, in memory of his Father
Object Number
y1935-43
Culture
Type
Jean Paul Richter (1847-1937); Purchased for Henry White Cannon (1850-1934) by 1914; by descent to his son, Henry (Harry) W. Cannon, Jr. (1887-1966), Class of 1910; Donated to the Museum in 1935.
- Jean Paul Richter, A descriptive catalogue of old masters of the Italian school, (Florence: Galileiana, 1907-1914)., no. 6; p. 48-50
- Jean Paul Richter, The Cannon Collection of italian paintings of the Renaissance: mostly of the Veronese School..., (Princeton, NJ: Princetion University Press, 1936)., no. 15; p. 21-22; fig. 15
- B. B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of pre-nineteenth-century Italian paintings in North American collections, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972)., p. 104
- Andrea Ferrarini, "I modelletti di Agostino Ugolini", Verona illustrata 13 (2000): p. 51-60., fig. 50; p. 54-55
