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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Florence Baptistery Façade Sculpture; Head of St. John Baptist
Image View:
Overall view, from front
Creator:
Tino di Camaino (Italian sculptor, ca.1285-1337)
Location:
repository: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza del Duomo, 9
GPS:
43.772333 11.256222
Date:
ca. 1320-1324 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
55 cm (height)
Subjects:
saints; John, the Baptist, Saint
Description:
Around 1320, Tino di Camaino carved three groups to be placed above the east, south and north doors of the Baptistery (dedicated to St. John the Baptist) in Florence. Three centuries later these sculptures were substituted with other groups representing the same subjects. This fragment is the only surviving piece from the group which was originally above the north door. (Source: Web Gallery of Art; http://www.wga.hu/in dex.html)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CAMAINO-MD-LPM-S JB-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Florence Baptistery Façade Sculpture; Head of St. John Baptist