Head of Saint John the Baptist
c. 1550–1650
Maker Unknown
European Painting and Sculpture
Head of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1550–1650. Spain or Northern Italy, mid 16th - mid 17th century. Oil on canvas; framed: 80.6 x 104.8 x 7.6 cm (31 3/4 x 41 1/4 x 3 in.); unframed: 50 x 75.2 cm (19 11/16 x 29 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1953.424 The scroll wrapped around the cross next to John the Baptist's head reads Ecce Agnus Dei, meaning "Behold the Lamb of God."
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 80.6 x 104.8 x 7.6 cm (31 3/4 x 41 1/4 x 3 in.); Unframed: 50 x 75.2 cm (19 11/16 x 29 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscription of ribbon entwining the reed cross: ECCE AGNUS DEI
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1953.424
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Venetian Tradition, Vienna, Sezesion (second exhibition by the Verein der Museumfreunde), 1924: "Meisterwerker Italienischer Renaissance Kunst aus Privtbesitz," cat. no. 112. <br>Venice, Palazo Pésaro, 1935: "Mostra di Tiziano," cat. no. 63 (catalogue by Gino Fogliari). <br>CMA, 1956: "The Venetian Tradition," cat. no. 22, pl. IX. (Catalogue by Henry S Francis).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 118 Italian Renaissance
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