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Bust of the Young Saint John the Baptist
Bust of the Young Saint John the Baptist

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 view
ClassificationsSculpture
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)
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