Date : near 1470
Dimensions : 34 cm x 40 cm x 17 cm Material : Marble Acquisition : Widener Collection (1942)
| Item 11 on 11 Italian Painting Sculpture (Buste)
Area related Florence (Italy)
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The Florentine theologian, Cardinal Giovanni Dominici, recommended around 1410 that parents display images of the Christ Child and the young John together in their homes, as religious and moral examples for their children.
Like Desiderio, Antonio Rossellino probably came from Settignano. He was the most accomplished sculptor among five brothers, all trained in the important workshop led by the eldest brother Bernardo.
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