The Baptism of Christ

1723

Giovanni Battista Foggini

Italian, Florence, 1652-1725

Bronze

15 x 16 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (38.1 x 41.91 x 24.13 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

49.215

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Published ReferencesCiletti, Elena. "An 18th-Century patron: The Case for Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici," in Woman's Art Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 1984), pp. 23-27

Cummings, Frederick J. "Art in Italy,, 1600-1700." Detroit Institute of Arts, dist. by H. N. Abrams, New York, 1965. no. 60 (reproduction)

"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 123 (b&w)

Lee, Sherman E. "Two Baroque Bronzes in the Seattle Art Museum," in The Art Quarterly, Vol. XIII, No. 3, Summer 1950, pp. 260-261, illus. p. 256

Montagu, Jennifer. "Antonio Montauti's 'Return of the Prodigal Son'," in the Bulletin og the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Vol. 54 No. 1 (1975), p. 14-23.

Zikos, Dimitrios. "Giovan Battista Foggini," cat. 161. in La Reggia Rivelata, Palazzo Pitti. Firenze, Palazzo Pitti, 7 diciembre 2003, 31 maggio 2004 (07/12/2003 - 31/05/2004), p. 628.

Ishikawa, Chiyo. "Seattle Art Museum." In Italian Treasures in the U.S.: An Itinerary of Art. Edited by Renato Miracco. Rome: Gangemi Editore International Publishing, 2015, p. 200.

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