Saint John the Baptist (Q27096203)
Label from: English (en)
genre:
religious art (Q2864737)
artist:
no value
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
Jacques Goudstikker collection (Q2284748)
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Q176251)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
owned by:
Jacques Goudstikker collection (Q2284748)
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Q176251)
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
St Laurentius Church (Q2320211)
Heinrich Wilhelm Campe (Q94799893)
Schloss Wörlitz (Q21293161)
main subject:
John the Baptist (Q40662)
fabrication method:
grisaille (Q750197)
part of:
polyptych (Q1278452)
exhibition history:
Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges (Q17101798)
depicts:
John the Baptist (Q40662)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
RKDimages ID:
69619
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.354
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: This panel once formed part of an altarpiece painted for the Church of Saint Laurentius in Cologne. It originally comprised the reverse of the arrest of Christ, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Another grisaille panel representing Saint John the Evangelist, also in Munich, formed the exterior of the resurrection. The grisaille technique was a monochromatic method utilizing various shades of gray, often in imitation of sculpture, as is the case here. The illusionistic effect suggests a sculpture not set back in a niche, but clearly separated from it to enhance the three-dimensional appearance. Dieric Bouts was born in Haarlem in Holland, but was mainly active in Leuven in the South Netherlands where he was the city painter from 1468. This painting appears to be the work of a close follower.
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