Head of an Apostle (possibly St. John the Baptist)
ArtistWorkshop of
Andrea della Robbia
(Italian, 1435 - 1525)
Date1470s
CultureItalian; Florentine
MediumGlazed terracotta
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #3, Pl. III), approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transferred to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN5378
On View
On viewLocation
DimensionsOverall (including frame): 29 × 29 × 9 13/16 in. (73.66 × 73.66 × 25 cm)- Museum of Art, Gallery 05, Wall West
Detail (Without frame): 24 7/16 × 24 7/16 × 9 13/16 in. (62 × 62 × 25 cm)
Detail (Inner blue roundel with figure): 16 15/16 × 16 1/8 × 7 5/16 in. (43 × 41 × 18.5 cm)
