Object details
Accession number
S5e23
Primary Creator
Italian, Northern Italy
Full title
Saint John the Baptist
Creation Date
early 16th century
Provenance
Formerly in an Italian private collection.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner with a companion sculpture of a Deacon Saint (museum no. S5e26) from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice for a total of about 560 lire on 27 September 1897.
Dimensions
91.1 x 38.1 cm (35 7/8 x 15 in.)
Display Media
Limestone (with traces of polychromy visible)
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Courtyard
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 43. (as 14th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 141, no. 173. (as North Italian, early 16th century)
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