Sudies for the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (recto); Several Figure Sketches (verso)

Exhibition history

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Italian Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," 1979-1980, cat. 55, cat. by Harold Joachim and Suzanne Folds McCullagh; traveled to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C (recto).

Publications

Harold Joachim, Italian Drawings of the 15th, 16th, and 17th Centuries (Chicago, 1979), pp. 103-104, no. 3F12 (recto). Catherine Monbeig Goguel and Claude Lauriol, "Giovanni Bilivert Itinéraire à Travers les Dessins du Louvre," Paragone XXX:353 (1979), pp. 25 and 29, fig. 24 (recto). Christel Thiem, "Some Drawings by Giovanni Biliverti and Their Iconography," Master Drawings XXI:3 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 278-79 (recto). Roberto Contini, Bilivert (Florence, 1985), p. 105.

Quick Overview

Artist: Giovanni Bilivert / Italian, 1585-1644
Date: 1605/44
Medium: Red chalk, with brush and red chalk wash (recto), and red chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 29.2 × 16.8 cm (11 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: chalk
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Francis A. Elkins Bequest Fund
Accession no.: 1957.374

Provenance

Sold by Otto Wertheimer, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1957.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.