- Saint John the Baptist is a painted wood statue of 1438 by the Florentine Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello.
- ‘St John the Baptist’ was created in 1438 by Donatello in Early Renaissance style.
- The artwork is a poignant portrayal of Saint John the Baptist, showcasing Donatello’s remarkable skill in capturing human emotion and expression in wood.
- This remarkable wooden sculpture of Saint John the Baptist is the only work in Venice by Donatello, one of the most important and innovative sculptors of the early...
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States.
- The intense empathy that Donatello manifested with his chosen subjects, whether carved in wood or marble or cast in bronze, is deeply moving and is still much...
- Over centuries the sculpture Saint John the Baptist by Donatello has remained in the possession of one family – namely the Martelli of Florence.
- John Singer Sargent Study of Donatello's "Saint John," Friari, Venice Date?
- This wooden polychrome statue by Donatello is the only one remaining from the period 1450-53, following the artist’s stay in Padua.
