St. John the Baptist (Orsanmichele)

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St. John the Baptist (Orsanmichele) is a renowned early 15th-century bronze statue by Lorenzo Ghiberti, created for the Orsanmichele church in Florence and celebrated as a landmark of Italian Renaissance sculpture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze statue
public sculpture
artForm sculpture
artisticPeriod Early Renaissance NERFINISHED
commissionedFor Orsanmichele NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Lorenzo Ghiberti NERFINISHED
depicts John the Baptist NERFINISHED
depictsGender male figure
depictsIconography John the Baptist as ascetic preacher
genre public religious monument
religious sculpture
hasCreator Lorenzo Ghiberti NERFINISHED
hasPart niche figure
hasStyle Renaissance naturalism
hasType freestanding figure
heritageDesignation landmark of Italian Renaissance sculpture
inception early 15th century
influencedBy Gothic sculpture tradition
emerging Renaissance classicism
languageOfWork none (visual artwork)
locatedIn Florence
Italy
Orsanmichele NERFINISHED
Tuscany
madeInCity Florence NERFINISHED
materialUsed bronze
movement Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
notableFor early use of large-scale bronze in Florence
naturalistic treatment of drapery
refined surface modeling
partOf sculptural decoration of Orsanmichele
patronSaintDepicted John the Baptist, patron saint of Florence NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
significance key work in transition from Gothic to Renaissance sculpture
significantEvent commission for a niche of Orsanmichele
subjectHasRole patron saint depicted as prophet

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Lorenzo Ghiberti notableWork St. John the Baptist (Orsanmichele)