Young Saint John and the Lamb
Giuseppe Piamontini (Italian, 1664–1742)
c. 1680–1700
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
43.2 × 33 × 25.4 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of James Parmelee
Accession Number
1940.586
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.