Saint John the Baptist
late 1500s
Angelo de Rossi
Angelo de Rossi (Italian)
European Painting and Sculpture
Saint John the Baptist, late 1500s. Angelo de Rossi (Italian), Giuseppe de Levis (Italian, 1605). Bronze; overall: 49.5 x 16.5 x 14.5 cm (19 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.276 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Rossi, Angelo de
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 49.5 x 16.5 x 14.5 cm (19 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1952.276
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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