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Plaquette

late 16th or early 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Spain (made)

This plaquette representing St. John the Baptist holding a book with the Agnus Dei was probably made in the late 16th or early 17th century Spain.


Object details

Categories
Plaques & Plaquettes
Christianity
Object type
Plaquette
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Plaquette St. John the Baptist, Bronze Spanish late 16th or early 17th century.
Physical description
Plaquette in bronze, St. John the Baptist. A three-quarter length figure, clothes in sheepskin and holding in the left hand a book with the Angus Dei. By St. John's side a forked pennon and a cruciform staff.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.3cm
  • Width: 7.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
"NON SUREXIT MAIOR"
Subjects depicted
Staff
Book
Pennon
St. John the Baptist
Summary
This plaquette representing St. John the Baptist holding a book with the Agnus Dei was probably made in the late 16th or early 17th century Spain.
Bibliographic references
  • Cf. Bange, E. F. ed. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epoche. Dritte Auflage. Zweiter Band. Die Italienischen Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock. Zweiter Teil: Reliefs und Plaketten. Berlin und Leipzig, 1922. no. 1057.
  • Cf. Königliche Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epoche. Zweite Auflage, Band II. Die Italienischen Bronzen. Berlin, 1904. no. 1072.
  • Hill, G. F. The Whitcombe Greene plaquettes. The Burlington magazine for connoisserus. XXX. 1917. p. 110.
  • Cf. Costilla, Manuel Aullo. Ensayo de un catálogo de plaquetas o bronces reliosos españoles. Arte Español. 16, 1946/47. pl. III:18.
  • Weber, Ingrid. Deutsche, Niederländische und Französische Renaissanceplaketten. Herstellung: F. Bruckmann KG, München, 1975. pl. 298. no. 1042.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.23-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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