Antonio Rossellino (artist) Italian, 1427 - 1479 The Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1470 marble overall: 34.7 x 29.8 x 16.1 cm (13 11/16 x 11 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1943.4.79

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Provenance

Oratory of S. Francesco dei Vanchettoni, Florence; sold 1940 to Eugenio Venturi, Florence, probably for (Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York);[1] from whom acquired 1942 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1943 to NGA.

[1] Walter Paatz, Die Kirchen von Florenz: Ein Kunstgeschichtliches Handbuch, Frankfurt, 1940, vol.2, p.137.no.16. [2]Documents from the Kress Foundation, now in NGA curatorial files, indicate that Kress was considering the acquisition of the sculpture as early as 1940.

Associated Names

• Duveen Brothers, Inc.
• Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
• Oratory of S. Francesco dei Vanchettoni
• Venturi, Eugenio

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