Italy | Possibly Florence
Renaissance | First quarter of the 15th Century | Ca. 1425/50
Terracotta | Modelled in full-round | On later coromandel base
H. 26 cm. (ex. base)
PROVENANCE
Private collection | Germany
REPORT
With thermoluminescence analysis report issued by the Oxford Authentication Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom (nr. N125j70, dd. 24 July 2025)
CATALOGUE NOTE
This Renaissance was likely sculpted in the workshop of an anonymous Florentine sculptor and can be placed in the circle Antonio Rosselino (1427/28 – 1479), Desiderio da Settignano (ca. 1428/30 – 1464) and Mino da Fiesole (1429 – 1484). It my represent Saint John the Baptist as a boy, a them that was frequently explored by the Florentine masters.