About the Artwork
Saint John the Evangelist
early 16th century
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Flemish
Unknown
Oak with polychromy
Overall: 46 1/2 × 15 1/8 × 10 7/8 inches (118.1 × 38.4 × 27.6 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of the Duveen Brothers
43.58
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
possibly (Paris, France)
purchased by (Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller, New York, New York, USA)
(Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York, New York, USA)
1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Steyaert, J. Late Gothic Sculpture: The Burgundian Netherlands. New York, 1994 , pp. 110-112 (fig. 9a); Orig. Meesterwerken van de gotische beeldhouwkunst. Ghent, 1994.
Gillerman, D. Gothic Sculpture in America. Vol. II, The Museums of the Midwest. Turnhout, 2001, pp. 171-2, no. 129 (ill.).
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Flemish, Saint John the Evangelist, early 16th century, oak with polychromy. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Duveen Brothers, 43.58.
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