Saint John, Boxwood Statuette, ca. 1560

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

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