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Saint John the Baptist
Angelo de Rossi (Italian) and Giuseppe de Levis (Italian, 1605)late 1500s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Saint John wears the hair shirt he fashioned during his retreat into the wilderness to live humbly. He clenches a device of baptism, a shell to pour the water.
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- Title: Saint John the Baptist
- Creator: Angelo de Rossi (Italian), Giuseppe de Levis (Italian, 1605)
- Date Created: late 1500s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 49.5 x 16.5 x 14.5 cm (19 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: Trivulizo, Milan, Adolph Loewi (Los Angeles, California), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.276
- Medium: bronze
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, Verona, 16th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1952.276
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