Half-Length Figure of Saint John the Baptist

Quick Overview

Artist: Master of the Saint John Figures (active Florence, 15th century)
Date: c. 1470
Medium: Painted terracotta
Dimensions: 49.5 × 40.6 cm (19 1/2 × 16 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: bust/head
Style: 15th century
Place: Italy
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Gift of Victoria and Anthony Blumka in honor of John Maxon
Accession no.: 1977.917

Provenance

Otto Kahn (died 1934), New York [Brummer index card N5592 in the Cloisters Library and Archives, New York]. Mogmar Art Foundation (on consignment from Addie Wolff [Mrs. Otto] Kahn), New York [see source cited above]. Sold to Joseph Brummer, New York, 19 March 1942 [see source cited above]. Sold to Blumka Gallery, New York, 2 July 1948 [see source cited above]. Martin D’Arcy Museum of Art, Loyola University, Chicago, after 1969 [according to copies of registrar’s cards and memo from J. Patrice Marandel to W. H. Monroe and John Keefe, 18 August 1977, in curatorial file]. Ernest Joresco [see sources cited above]. Blumka Gallery, New York, before 1977 [see sources cited above]. Given by Victoria and Anthony Blumka to the Art Institute, 1977.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.