Keystone: Saint John the Baptist
Keystone: Saint John the Baptist
Keystone: Saint John the Baptist
Keystone: Saint John the Baptist

Currently not on view

Keystone: Saint John the Baptist,

ca. 1500

French
y917

Information

Title
Keystone: Saint John the Baptist
Dates

ca. 1500

Medium
Stone
Dimensions
53 x 64 x 26.5 cm (20 7/8 x 25 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Moses Taylor Pyne
Object Number
y917
Place Made

Europe, France, Burgundy

Culture
French
Type
reliefs, sculpture
Materials
stone
Subject
crosses (motifs), saints, religious art, keystones, Christianity, Christ, John the Baptist, leaves

Alphonse Kann; (his sale, Anderson Art Association, January 6-8, 1947, no. 139); gift of Mrs. Moses Taylor Pyne [1].

[1] Accession card states: "Gift of Mrs. M. T. Pyne, January 1927 (ought at Alphonse Kann sale)" - It is unclear how this is possible, as the Kann sale was in 1947, unless there is a typo.

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