Bust of The Young St. John the Baptist
Artistpossibly
Giovanni Bastianini
(Italian, 1830 – 1868)
Date16th century or 19th century
CultureItalian
MediumPainted terracotta
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #20), 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 numberSN5386
On View
Not on viewCollections
late 16th–early 17th Century
16th Century
Giovanni del Biondo
late 1380s