Statuette of Saint John the Evangelist

Gil de Siloe (Spanish, about 1495–1563)

about 1500–05

Object PlaceSpain

Medium/TechniqueStone; alabaster

Dimensions72.4 x 22.2 x 18.4 cm (28 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit LineSarah Elizabeth Simpson Fund

Accession number18.317

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceFrom about 1500-05 until the 19th century, tomb of Juan de Padilla, Monastery of Fresdelval, Burgos, Spain (original commission; tomb dismantled in the 19th century) [see note 1]. De Bligny collection, France. By 1916, Bacri Frères, Paris; 1917, sold by Bacri, through Walter Gay, to the MFA for $2386.36 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: June 6, 1918)

NOTES:
[1] For further discussion, see Dorothy Gillerman, ed., "Gothic Sculpture in America: 1. The New England Museums" (New York, 1989), cat. no. 80, pp. 112-113.
[2] MFA accession numbers 03.317 and 03.318 were purchased together for $2386.36.