cma-european-art: Young Saint John and the Lamb, Giuseppe Piamontini , c. 1680-1700, Cleveland Museu
cma-european-art: Young Saint John and the Lamb, Giuseppe Piamontini , c. 1680-1700, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and SculptureJohn 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.Size: Overall: 43.2 x 33 x 25.4 cm (17 x 13 x 10 in.)Medium: bronzehttps://clevelandart.org/art/1940.586 -- source link
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