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oil paint (paint)26 × 42 Cm
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A precocious talent, Jean-Baptiste Deshays married the daughter of Rococo artist François Boucher and became his protégé. Although best known as a painter of religious subjects, Deshays often employed the soft, highly fluid manner that Boucher used for his amorous “boudoir” pictures. In fact, this work was for a long time believed to be by Boucher. The subject of the painting derives from the Gospel of Matthew: seated before the multitude and with arms dramatically outstretched, John the Baptist warns, “Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 26 × 42 Cm |
| Tags | Saint John the BaptistwomenanimalsfigurespeopleangelsputtidesertssaintsChristianityChristian subjectsreligiousreligionreligious scenesbiblical |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
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by descent to her daughter, Suzette Morton Davidson, Chicago
by descent to her daughter, Suzette Morton Davidson, Chicago
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André Bancel, Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1729–1765
André Bancel, Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1729–1765 (Paris, 2008), p. 132, no. 75, ill.
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sold Galerie Charpentier, Paris, May 27, 1949, no....
sold Galerie Charpentier, Paris, May 27, 1949, no. 14 (ill.), as François Boucher, to his grandson, Michel Strauss, London, for Fr 340,000 [according to an annotated sale catalogue at Galerie Heim, Paris]
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Jules Strauss (d....
Jules Strauss (d. 1943), Paris
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Paris, Galerie Cailleux, Esquisses, maquettes, projets et ébauches de l’école française du XVIIIe siècle, peintures et sculptures, 1934, no. 2, as François Boucher.
Paris, Galerie Cailleux, Esquisses, maquettes, projets et ébauches de l’école française du XVIIIe siècle, peintures et sculptures, 1934, no. 2, as François Boucher.
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sold Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 6–8, 1920, no....
sold Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 6–8, 1920, no. 5, as François Boucher, to Jules Strauss, for Fr 19,000
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Louis Soullié and Charles Masson, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint et dessiné de François Boucher…, in André Michel, François Boucher
Louis Soullié and Charles Masson, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint et dessiné de François Boucher…, in André Michel, François Boucher (Paris, 1906), p. 41, no. 729.
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Georges Pannier, “Catalogue des oeuvres peintes de François Boucher qui ont passé en vente publique depuis 1770 jusqu’ en 1906,” in Pierre de Nolhac, François Boucher: Premier Peintre du Roi, 1703–1770
Georges Pannier, “Catalogue des oeuvres peintes de François Boucher qui ont passé en vente publique depuis 1770 jusqu’ en 1906,” in Pierre de Nolhac, François Boucher: Premier Peintre du Roi, 1703–1770 (Paris, 1907), p. 107.
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Eugène Féral (d....
Eugène Féral (d. 1900), Paris
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Susan Wise in Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago
Susan Wise in Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1996), pp. 45–48, ill.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, François Boucher, 1703–1770, exh. cat.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, François Boucher, 1703–1770, exh. cat. (New York, 1986), p. 293, under no. 75.
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Alexandre Ananoff with Daniel Wildenstein, L’opera completa di Boucher, Classici dell’arte 100
Alexandre Ananoff with Daniel Wildenstein, L’opera completa di Boucher, Classici dell’arte 100 (Milan, 1980), p. 133, no. 591, ill.
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Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1979/80
Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1979/80 (Chicago, 1980), p. 31.
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given to the Art Institute, 1979.
given to the Art Institute, 1979.
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on loan to the Art Institute, 1978
on loan to the Art Institute, 1978
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Alexandre Ananoff with Daniel Wildenstein, François Boucher, vol. 2
Alexandre Ananoff with Daniel Wildenstein, François Boucher, vol. 2 (Lausanne and Paris, 1976), p. 220, no. 560, fig. 1525.
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Regina Shoolman Slatkin, “François Boucher: St. John the Baptist, A Study in Religious Imagery,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts Bulletin 62
Regina Shoolman Slatkin, “François Boucher: St. John the Baptist, A Study in Religious Imagery,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts Bulletin 62 (1975), pp. 20–21, fig. 30.
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sold by Michel Strauss to Mrs....
sold by Michel Strauss to Mrs. Sterling Morton (d. 1969), Santa Barbara and Chicago, 1963 [according to registrar’s records]
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Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors, 1963, p. 4, pl. 46, as François Boucher.
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors, 1963, p. 4, pl. 46, as François Boucher.
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sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 22–24, 1901, no....
sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 22–24, 1901, no. 13, as François Boucher, for Fr 320 [price according to an annotated sale catalogue in the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, and Pannier 1907]. Bourdier [according to a letter from Michel Strauss to John Maxon dated November 26, 1962, in curatorial files]. Alphonse Kann, Paris
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