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Young Saint John and the Lamb
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineYoung Saint John and the Lamb, c. 1680–1700. Probably by Giuseppe Piamontini (Italian, 1664–1742). Bronze; overall: 43.2 x 33 x 25.4 cm (17 x 13 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.586
