Bust of a Young Boy possibly Saint John the Baptist

Italy | Possibly Florence
Renaissance | Middle of the 15th Century | Ca. 1450

Terracotta | Modelled in full-round | On later coromandel base
H. 26 cm. (ex. base)

PROVENANCE
Private collection | Germany

REPORT
With thermoluminescence analysis report issued by the Oxford Authentication Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom (nr. N125j70, dd. 24 July 2025)

CATALOGUE NOTE
This Renaissance was likely sculpted in the workshop of an anonymous Florentine sculptor and can be placed in the circle Antonio Rosselino (1427/28 – 1479), Desiderio da Settignano (ca. 1428/30 – 1464) and Mino da Fiesole (1429 – 1484). It my represent Saint John the Baptist as a boy, a them that was frequently explored by the Florentine masters.