Bust of the Young Saint John the Baptist
Giovanni della Robbia
(Italian, Florentine, 1469–1529 (?))
About 1480–1500
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta with traces of polychromy
Dimensions27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1478
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
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)
Unidentified artist, Italian (Florentine), 15th century
about 1480–1500
