The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Young Saint John and the Lamb
c. 1680–1700
probably by Giuseppe Piamontini
(Italian, 1664–1742)
Overall: 43.2 x 33 x 25.4 cm (17 x 13 x 10 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.586
Location: 301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine
Description
John the Baptist is often accompanied by a lamb as a sign of his intimacy with Christ, the Lamb of God. The depiction of children embracing animals is a motif from antiquity that Piamontini would have known.- James Parmelee, 1855-1931 (Washington, DC), upon his death, held in trust by the estate.Estate of James Parmelee, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1940.
- The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 133 archive.org
- CMA 1971: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage, July 13 - Sept. 19, cat. no. 40, repr.CMA 1982: The Age of Bronze, July 13-October 17, 1982, no cat.Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971)."Art of the Seaway Nations, East Ohio Gas Company, Cleveland, CMA, May 11, 1959.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.586