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Bust of the Young Saint John the Baptist
Workshop of: Giovanni della Robbia (Italian, Florentine, 1469–1529 (?))
Italian, Florence
Renaissance
About 1480–1500
Object Place: Europe, Italy
Medium/Technique
Terracotta with traces of polychromy
Dimensions
27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession Number17.1478
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionTerracotta bust of the young St. John.
ProvenanceQuincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw, through Quincy Adams Shaw Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)
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