Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Saint John the Baptist
Image View:
Overall view in chapel niche
Creator:
Donatello (Italian sculptor, ca. 1386-1466)
Location:
repository: Siena Cathedral (Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza del Duomo
GPS:
43.3177 11.329
Date:
1457 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
bronze
Technique:
casting (process)
Measurements:
185 cm (height)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; John, the Baptist, Saint
Description:
The statue is documented and dated 1457 on its wooden base. Although Donatello was 70 years old and in ill health, he made substantial purchases of materials for casting bronze statuary, one example of which was the impassioned figure of St. John the Baptist for a chapel in Siena Cathedral (in situ). The Chapel of Saint John the Baptist is situated in the left transept and also contains frescoes by Pinturicchio. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-DB-SC-SJB-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Saint John the Baptist