id: 119753 accession number: 1940.586 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.586 updated: 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1680–1700 creation date earliest: 1675 creation date latest: 1705 current location: 301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine creditline: Bequest of James Parmelee copyright: --- culture: Italy, Florence, 17th century technique: bronze department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Giuseppe Piamontini (Italian, 1664–1742) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 43.2 x 33 x 25.4 cm (17 x 13 x 10 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage opening date: 1971-10-29T04:00:00 Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * "Art of the Seaway Nations, East Ohio Gas Company, Cleveland, CMA, May 11, 1959.
CMA 1971: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage, July 13 - Sept. 19, cat. no. 40, repr.
CMA 1982: The Age of Bronze, July 13-October 17, 1982, no cat. --- PROVENANCE James Parmelee, 1855-1931 (Washington, DC), upon his death, held in trust by the estate. date: footnotes: citations: Estate of James Parmelee, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1940. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 133 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n157 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.586/1940.586_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.586/1940.586_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.586/1940.586_full.tif