Saint John the Baptist

Provenance

Victor Gay, Paris, before 1909; sold at his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23-26 March 1909, lot 352, to M. Drey [according to Gazette de l’Hôtel Drouot]. Château de Breteuil, Seine-et-Marne [according to annotated receipt in curatorial file]. Jacques Seligmann and Company, Inc., New York, by 1942 [according to purchase receipts, nos. 6549–7188, January 1938 – December 1942, in the Seligmann records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution]; sold to the Art Institute, 1947.

Saint John the Baptist

French

c. 1375

Accession Number

60508

Medium

Alabaster

Dimensions

66.7 × 22.9 × 15.2 cm (26 1/4 × 9 × 6 in.)

Classification

statuette

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment