Page of St John the Baptist by VITTORIA, Alessandro in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European paintings and sculptures (1100-1850)

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St John the Baptist
1583-84
Bronze, height: 71 cm
S. Francesco della Vigna, Venice
In addition to stucco, Vittoria also worked in bronze. The finest statutte securely attributed to him is the St John the Baptist which has Michelangelesque influence but whose active pose, elasticity and fluid forms lead into the virtuoso carving and high drama of Gian Lorenzo Bernini and the Baroque.