Watercolour, copy after the Baptism of Christ, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence)

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Artist/Maker	Arundel Society (commissioned by) Ghirlandaio, Domenico (artist) Mariannecci, Cesare (copyist)
Place of origin	Florence (copied)

Watercolour of a man (St John the Baptist) with a green and brown robe pouring water on the head of a man (Christ). He wears a white tissue around his lower back. Around them other people. The scene takes place in a mountain landscape.

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Categories	Religion Christianity Copies and Facsimilies Biblical Imagery
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Watercolour, copy after the Baptism of Christ, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence) (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour and gold on paper Watercolour on Paper Gold Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Watercolour, copy after the Baptism of Christ, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence), Cesare Mariannecci, Arundel Society watercolour, 19th century
Physical description	Watercolour of a man (St John the Baptist) with a green and brown robe pouring water on the head of a man (Christ). He wears a white tissue around his lower back. Around them other people. The scene takes place in a mountain landscape.
Dimensions	Height: 460mm Width: 673mm 460 x 673 mm
Object history	Acquired in 1995 from the National Gallery of London. Watercolour copy made for the Arundel Society by Cesare Mariannecci. Not published.
Bibliographic references	Alessandro Salucci, Il Ghirlandaio a Santa Maria Novella: un percorso tra storia e teologia, Firenze, Edifir 2012 Jean K. Cadogan, Domenico Ghirlandaio: artist and artisan, New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2000 Tanya Ledger, A Study of the Arundel Society 1848-1897. Unpublished thesis submitted for degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1978, p.285
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.119-1995

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Record created	March 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O206062/watercolour-copy-after-the-baptism-watercolour-ghirlandaio-domenico/

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