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St. John the Evangelist

Statuette
first quarter 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Florence (made)

This statuette has been related to Benedetto da Majano, Jacopo Sansovino, Giovanni Francesco Rustici and moste recently to Andrea Ferrucci. None of these suggestions is satisfactory, but it seems likely that the figure is the work of a minor Florentine sculptor working in the first quarter of the 16th century.


Object details

Categories
Christianity
Religion
Sculpture
Object type
Statuette
Titles
  • St. John the Evangelist (generic title)
  • St. John the Evangelist as an old Man (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Terracotta
Terracotta
Brief description
Statuette, terracotta, 'St. John the Evangelist', Italy, Florence, first quarter of the 16th century
Physical description
He stands, his left foot raised on a square pedestal by which stands a very small eagle. His right hand holds his beard, his left rests on an half-open book, the bottom of which rest on his left knee.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55cm
Object history
Purchased from the Gigli-Campana Collection, £15.
Production
The statuette has been related to Benedetto da Majano, Jacopo Sansovino, Giovanni Francesco Rustici and , most recently, to Andrea Ferrucci. None of these suggestions is satisfactory, but it seems likely that the figure is the work of a minor Florentine sculptor working in the first quarter of the 16th century
Subject depicted
St John the Evangelist
Summary
This statuette has been related to Benedetto da Majano, Jacopo Sansovino, Giovanni Francesco Rustici and moste recently to Andrea Ferrucci. None of these suggestions is satisfactory, but it seems likely that the figure is the work of a minor Florentine sculptor working in the first quarter of the 16th century.
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1861 In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 36
  • Maclagan, Eric and Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. Text. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1932, p. 58
  • Raggio, Olga. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Art Bulletin. Vol. L, 1968, p. 101
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume II: Text. Sixteenth to Twentieth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, p. 412
  • Sénéchal, Philippe, Giovan Francesco Rustici, 1475-1554: un sculpteur de la Renaissance entre Florence et Paris, Paris, 2007, p. 238.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
7625-1861

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Record createdOctober 9, 2008
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