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Young Saint John and the Lamb by Giuseppe Piamontini (Italian, 1664–1742) — VisualArtsDB

Young Saint John and the Lamb

Young Saint John and the Lamb

Giuseppe Piamontini (Italian, 1664–1742)

1675–1705

Medium: bronze
Dimensions: Overall: 43.2 x 33 x 25.4 cm (17 x 13 x 10 in.)
Genre: sculpture
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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European Painting and Sculpture

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Italy, Florence, 17th century

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John the Baptist is often accompanied by a lamb as a sign of his intimacy with Christ, the Lamb of God. The depiction of children embracing animals is a motif from antiquity that Piamontini would have known.