The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 27, 2023

Saint John the Baptist

late 1500s

designed by

Angelo de Rossi

(Italian)

cast by

Giuseppe de Levis

(Italian, 1605)

Italy, Verona, 16th century

Bronze

Overall: 49.5 x 16.5 x 14.5 cm (19 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1952.276

Location

not on view

Description

Saint John wears the hair shirt he fashioned during his retreat into the wilderness to live humbly. He clenches a device of baptism, a shell to pour the water.

Provenance
Trivulizo, Milan
Adolph Loewi (Los Angeles, California), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952.
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 238 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 94 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 94 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 108 archive.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.276