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Saint John the Baptist

Saint John the Baptist

c. 1500

attributed to Jan Crocq

(Netherlandish, act. 1486–1510)
Overall: 163 x 59 x 40 cm (64 3/16 x 23 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)

Did You Know?

St. John the Baptist holds a book and a lamb, referencing his description of Christ as "the lamb of God."

Description

John the Baptist was one of the most beloved and widely venerated saints of the Middle Ages. He is depicted here wearing his traditional camel hair fleece beneath a luxuriant outer mantle. The sculpture is attributed to Jan Crocq, a Netherlandish artist active at the court of René II, Duke of Lorraine at Nancy from 1486 to 1510, and noted for his naturalistic treatment of hair and costume.
  • -1792
    By repute from the Sainte-Chapelle, Dijon (before 1792)
    Mr. E. Ingels, Belgium, late 1800s
    -1919
    Madame Francois Flameng , Paris, France
    May 26-27, 1919
    Sale: May 26-27, 1919, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, France, lot 195
    1919-
    (Jacques Seligmann, Paris, France)
    -1928
    Bela Hein (1883-1931), Paris, sold to Brummer Galleries, New York
    1928-1933
    Brummer Galleries, New York, NY, sold to The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art
    1933-1991
    The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, (after 1983 known as The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), inv. no. 33-69
    1991
    De-Accessioned by the Nelson-Atkins in 1991; sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 1 June 1991, lot 18
    1991-2014
    Private collection, Belgium, sold at auction at Sotheby's, London
    2014
    Sotheby’s, London (July 10, 2014), lot 67
    2014-2017
    Sam Fogg, London sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2017-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts. Handbook of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art. Kansas City, Mo: [The Joseph D. Havens Co.], 1933. p. 72
    The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. P05733 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org
    “The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art”, Art News XXXII, no. 10, 1933 p. 50
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    Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The William Rockhill Nelson Collection. Kansas City, Mo: [Chas. E. Brown Print. Co.], 1949. p. 112
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    Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Burlington Magazine 163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 94, no. 1; mentioned: P. 93
    Biro, Yaëlle, Christine E. Brennan, and Christel H. Force. The Brummer Galleries, Paris and New York: Defining Taste from Antiquities to the Avant-Garde. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023. Mentioned: p. 350, note 153
    Gertsman, Elina, and Stephen N. Fliegel. Collectors, Commissioners, Curators: Studies in Medieval Art for Stephen N. Fliegel. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter ; [Kalamazoo, Michigan] : Medieval Institute Publications, 2023. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 147-148, Fig. 8.1.
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  • {{cite web|title=Saint John the Baptist|url=false|author=Jan Crocq|year=c. 1500|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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