Curtis_O_Baer_2010

9. Anonymous, follower of Joachim Utewael Dutch, early 17 th century

St. John the Baptist Preaching

Ink and wash 10 5 ⁄ 8 x 14 1 ⁄ 2

inches ( 27 x 36 . 8 cm)

provenance Collection Curtis O. Baer

exhibitions New York, 1962 ; Poughkeepsie, Vasser College Art Gallery, Dutch Mannerism: Apogee and Epilogue , April 15 –June 7 , 1970 , no. 104 ; Atlanta, 1985 , cat. no. 124 , p. 178 According to a note in the 1985 exhibition catalogue, Anne Lowenthal suggested in a letter dated October 1 , 1984 , that this is one of a group of drawings assigned to an artist she called the Pseudo-Utewael who is possibly identical with Gerrit Pietersz. Eliane de Wilde has noted a similiarity to the work of Frans Francken II.