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Follower of Desiderio da Settignano

The Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1460

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 6

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 39.7 x 33.6 x 17.8 cm (15 5/8 x 13 1/4 x 7 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.142

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (sculptor)

Desiderio da Settignano (related artist) Florentine, c. 1429 - 1464

Image Use

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Provenance

Martelli family, Florence; sold 28 June 1916 through (Giuseppe Salvadori, Florence) and (French & Company, New York) to Joseph E. Widener; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of Joseph E. Widener;[1] gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Acquisition date and source according to Widener card file and 1914 and 1916 letters from Salvadori and French & Company to Joseph Widener, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

French & Company LLC
Martelli family
Salvadori, Giuseppe
Widener, Joseph E.

Bibliography

1904: Schottmüller, Frida. Donatello, ein Beitrag zum Verständnis seiner künstlerischen Tat. Munich, 1904: 124.

1916: Marquand, Allan. "The Martelli David and the Youthful St. John Baptist." Art in America 4, no. 6 (October 1916): 358-366, fig. 2.

1916: Sirén, Osvald. "Two Florentine Sculptures Sold to America." The Burlington Magazine 29, no. 161 (August 1961): 197-199, pl. C.

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 9, as by Antonio Rossellino.

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 119, repro., as by Antonio Rossellino.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 170, as by Antonio Rossellino.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 150, repro., as by Antonio Rossellino.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 211, repro., as by Antonio Rossellino.

2007: Desiderio da Settignano: Sculptor of Renaissance Florence. Exh. cat. Musée du Louvre, Paris; Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Milan, 2007: 140, fig. 92.

2007: Pisani, Linda. "San Giovannino Battista nei busti del Rinascimento Florentino." In Jeanette Kohl and Rebecca Müller, eds. Kopf/Bild: Die Büste in Mittelalter und Frïher Neuzeit. (I Mandorli 6) Munich and Berlin, 2007: 231, no. 136.

2008: Pfisterer, Ulrich. Lysippus und seine Freunde: Liebesgaben und Gedächtnis im Rom der Renaissance, oder, Das erste Jahrhundert der Medaille. Berlin, 2008: 355, fig. 154, as by Desiderio da Settignano.