Saint John the Baptist

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Saint John the Baptist

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Date
c. 1400–50
Medium
Silk, metallic threads, embroidery
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
5141

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Saint John the Baptist lived in the wilderness with no comforts, preaching and baptizing Christian converts with the water from the river Jordan. His clothes were just a tunic of rough camel hair, but in this work his garment is represented like a soft fur stole dragging on the floor. The saint’s body is wrapped in an additional, more refined floral fabric, and the desert where he lived is transformed into a blossoming lawn. Late Gothic elegance supplanted the rigors of the hermit’s life in the early 15th century. This embroidery was likely part of an orphrey, a decorative border on an ecclesiastical garment or hanging. England, Europe

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The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund

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