Saint John the Baptist
attributed to Jan Crocq (Netherlandish, act. 1486–1510)
c. 1500
- Medium
- Tonnerre limestone
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- Overall: 163 x 59 x 40 cm (64 3/16 x 23 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- French, Lorraine, Nancy or Bar-le-Duc
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
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.
