Saint John the Baptist

ca. 1570-1600 20 5/8 in. (52.4 cm) Citation Source image

This elegantly elongated statue of St. John the Baptist shown in the act of baptizing was once placed in a holy-water stoup (basin), as can be seen from the greenish patina on the base caused by contact with water. The location was most likely a church in Venice or Genoa, wher...

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Collection of the Empress Frederick, Chateau de Friedrichsdorf [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Princess of Hesse, 1901 (?), by inheritance; Albert Werner, Vienna, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jacques Seligmann and Company, Paris and New York, March 14, 1924, by purchase [inventory numbers 3355/10830]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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