Saint John the Baptist

Provenance

Art market, Italy, 1850s/1860s; Louis-Charles Timbal [1821–1880], Florence and Paris; sold 29 November 1872 to Gustave Dreyfus [1837–1914], Paris; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21–22 February 1873, no. 15 [with NGA 1957.14.247], bought in);[1] his heirs; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York. [1] This information was kindly supplied by Marie-Amélie Carlier (e-mail of 12 October 2007 to NGA curator Nicholas Penny, in NGA curatorial files).

Saint John the Baptist

Francesco di Giorgio Martini

c. 1475/1485

Accession Number

1957.14.248

Medium

bronze//Black laquer (abraded locally)

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.) | gross weight: 1807.6 gr (3.985 lb.) | framed (diameter x depth): 6.35 cm (13 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection