SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST. POLYCHROMED BOXWOOD. 17TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Sculpture
Reference: Z5790
“San Juan”. Carved and polychrome boxwood. 17th century. Standing on a simple base is the figure of Saint John the Baptist, partially dressed in a red tunic that reveals his anatomy by showing part of his body and identified by the lamb that accompanies him (in the Bible, Jesus is called “the Lamb of God,” hence this animal is one of his most common iconographic attributes). Stylistically, and to appreciate the stylistic differences, compare it with the Saint John the Baptist of the “Retablo de San Juan Bautista” by Juan de Juni and Inocencio Berruguete, dated 1551 and today in the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, or with the carving of the same subject by Alonso Cano (commissioned in 1634) and which is in the same museum. It is also necessary to mention works such as that of Juan de Ávila from the Oratory of San Felipe Neri in Valladolid (today in the Diocesan and Cathedral Museum of Valladolid; dated 1699) or the carving by Juan de Mesa that is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville.
· Size: 11,5x7x31 cms.
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