The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Saint John the Baptist

Saint John the Baptist

Date:: ca. 1620–30
Culture:: Spanish, Seville
Medium:: Polychromed wood with gilding
Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): H. 60 5/8 x W. 29 5/8 x D. 27 5/8 in. (154 x 75.2 x 70.2 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1963
Accession Number:: 63.40

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 535

Provenance

Convento de la Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, Seville, Spain (monastery suppressed in 1837)Henry Symons (until 1923; sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, January 21– February 3, 1923, no. 1025); [ Mildred Centers , until 1963; sold to MMA ]
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Who
Juan Martínez Montañés (1)
What
Sculpture (24,350)

Gilt (9,043)

Wood (7,651)

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Polychromy (585)
Where
Europe (148,590)

Spain (3,744)

Andalusia (139)

Seville (92)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,180)
In the Museum
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Iberian Peninsula, 1600–1800 A.D.
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