Saint John the Baptist
Angelo de Rossi
1575–1599
- 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.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Italy, Verona, 16th century
About
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.
