Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Saint John the Baptist
Alternate Title:
S. Giovanni Battista
Image View:
Detail, head with attached metal halo and upper torso
Creator:
Francesco da Sangallo (Italian sculptor, 1494-1576)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 70 S
Location Note:
Via del Proconsolo 4; Donatello Room
GPS:
43.770372 11.25835
Date:
ca. 1520-1530 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Description:
The statue stands in what was once the Salone del Consiglio Generale, now the Donatello Room (and exhibits other 15th century sculptors). Francesco da Sangallo also worked as an assistant to Michelangelo.
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-SFD-MB-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Saint John the Baptist