Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Florence Baptistry Façade; Saint John Baptizing Christ
Alternate Title:
Saint John Baptizing Christ
Image View:
Detail, figure of Christ by Sansovino and Danti
Creator:
Innocenzo Spinazzi (Italian sculptor, 1726-1798); Sansovino, Andrea (Italian sculptor, ca. 1460-1529); Vincenzo Danti (Italian sculptor, 1530-1576)
Location:
repository: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza del Duomo, 9
GPS:
43.772333 11.256222
Date:
1502-1505 (St. John) (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
282 cm (height, St. John, with base)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Angels; Jesus Christ; John, the Baptist, Saint; baptism; sculpture groups
Description:
This group of Jesus Christ, St. John the Baptist and an angel was installed over the east doorway of the Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni), which was dedicated to St. John. Only St. John is entirely by Sansovino (1502-1505). The figure of Christ was finished by Vincenzo Danti (1569) and the angel was done by Innocenzo Spinazzi (1792). This is the original, moved inside the museum, a copy is installed on the Baptistery. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-SANSOVINO-MD-BC- A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Florence Baptistry Façade; Saint John Baptizing Christ