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Small carved boxwood statuette of a bearded man in flowing robes, one arm raised, face turned upward, on a rocky base.

Saint John

A small boxwood statuette shows a bearded, long-haired man in a flowing draped robe, one arm raised high and his face turned upward as if speaking or calling out. The carved folds of the cloak spiral around his body and pool at a rocky base, with the wood's warm, honey-brown grain visible throughout.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1560
Medium
Boxwood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3022 × 3834 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1665).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1947

Español: San Juan, estatuilla de madera de boj, ca. 1560

Una pequeña estatuilla de madera de boj muestra a un hombre barbado de cabello largo, con un manto amplio y ondulado, con un brazo levantado y el rostro dirigido hacia arriba, como si hablara o llamara. Los pliegues tallados de la capa se enroscan alrededor de su cuerpo y caen sobre una base rocosa.

Português: São João, estatueta de madeira de buxo, c. 1560

Uma pequena estatueta em madeira de buxo mostra um homem barbado de cabelos longos, vestido com um manto amplo e drapeado, com um braço erguido e o rosto voltado para cima, como se falasse ou clamasse. As dobras esculpidas da capa se enrolam em torno do corpo e caem sobre uma base rochosa.

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