Saint John, 13th century

  • Spanish

Wood with polychromy over linen and gesso

  • Overall: 39 3/8 × 8 × 5 3/4 inches (100 × 20.3 × 14.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II Fund

63.158

On View

  • European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

(Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles, California)

1963-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

The Institute Collects. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1964, p. 16. Gillerman, Dorothy. Gothic Sculpture in America. Vol. II, The Museums of the Midwest. Turnhout, 2001, p. 175, no. 133.

Spanish, Saint John, 13th century, wood with polychromy over linen and gesso. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II Fund, 63.158.