Barend Fabritius
The Naming of St John the Baptist
36.8 x 48 cmOil on canvas
The National Gallery, London
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler II, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, nr. 552
Collection catalogues
Neil MacLaren, revised and expanded by Christopher Brown, The Dutch school, 1600-1900, London, 1991, pp. 134-135, plate 115
Christopher Baker and Tom Henry, The National Gallery complete illustrated catalogue, London, 2001, p. 220
Provenance
a Birth of St John Baptist by 'Fabritius' was in the George Bruyn sale, Amsterdam, 16 March 1724, nr. 86
Edward Habich collection, Cassel by 1881
appears in the catalogue of the Edward Habich sale, Cassel, 9—10 May 1892, nr. 48, but was purchased by The National Gallery from Habich in 1891
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Other works by Barent Fabritius
The Adoration of the Magi
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican (Tax Collector)
1661
1661
Ishmael, Abraham's Eldest Son, as a Hunter
Daily life in Nazareth
The Centurion Cornelius