Saint John the Evangelist
Due to its plentiful supply, beautiful translucent tone, and soft texture that made it easy to carve, alabaster was commonly used for English relief sculpture in the 14th and 15th centuries. Many of the reliefs that survive today are panels from altarpieces of the Passion of C...
Sculpture
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id
810
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Victor Gay, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 23, 1909, no. 355; George Robinson Harding, London, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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| style |
style
Gothic
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_27.310_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_27.310_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_27.310_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.310 |
Terms
Medium
alabaster