Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Florence Baptistery Façade Sculpture; Head of St. John Baptist
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Florence Baptistery Façade Sculpture; Head of St. John Baptist
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Image View:
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Overall three-quarter view from front left
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Creator:
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Tino di Camaino (Italian sculptor, ca.1285-1337)
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Location:
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repository: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Duomo, 9
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GPS:
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+43.772333+11.256222
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Date:
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ca. 1320-1324 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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55 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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saints; John, the Baptist, Saint
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Description:
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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/index.html)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CAMAINO-MD-LPM-SJB-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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