id:			119753
accession number:	1940.586
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.586
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Young Saint John and the Lamb, c. 1680–1700. Probably by Giuseppe Piamontini (Italian, 1664–1742). Bronze; overall: 43.2 x 33 x 25.4 cm (17 x 13 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.586

title:				Young Saint John and the Lamb
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creation date:			c. 1680–1700
creation date earliest:		1675
creation date latest:		1705
current location:		301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine
creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
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culture:	Italy, Florence, 17th century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Giuseppe Piamontini (Italian, 1664–1742)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 43.2 x 33 x 25.4 cm (17 x 13 x 10 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
	opening date:   1971-10-29T04:00:00
	<i>Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* "Art of the Seaway Nations, East Ohio Gas Company, Cleveland, CMA, May 11, 1959.<br>CMA 1971:  Florence and the Arts:  Five Centuries of Patronage, July 13 - Sept. 19, cat. no. 40, repr.<br>CMA 1982:  The Age of Bronze, July 13-October 17, 1982, no cat.

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PROVENANCE

	James Parmelee, 1855-1931 (Washington, DC), upon his death, held in trust by the estate.
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	Estate of James Parmelee, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1940.
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wall description:
John the Baptist is often accompanied by a lamb as a sign of his intimacy with Christ, the Lamb of God. The depiction of children embracing animals is a motif from antiquity that Piamontini would have known.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 133
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n157

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