Saint John the Baptist

c. 1500

North Italian 16th Century

Associated Names
North Italian 16th Century

Artist

The sculpture depicts a figure standing in a slightly contrapposto pose with a hand raised in a gesture and holding a long cross. The figure is dressed in flowing robes with a halo-like circle around the head. The background includes two stylized trees or branches on either side of the figure. The sculpture is crafted from bronze, giving it a dark, metallic brown hue with patina. It is a medallion or a relief, and the surface features intricate textures and inscriptions along the outer rim.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Medium brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 49 gr

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.407

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 283.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 336.

Inscriptions

center right on scroll: ECCE AG / NVS DEI: around circumference: EST ID EST ID EST.ID.EST

Wikidata ID

Q63814824

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