Saint John the Baptist
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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Artifact
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37890
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object
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normalized
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provenance
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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CC0
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en
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5
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.463_Fnt_BW_H57.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.463_Fnt_BW_H57.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.463_Fnt_BW_H57.jpg |
| imageCount | 5 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.463 |
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Medium
bronze
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