Saint John the Baptist
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The partially
defaced inscription at the base of the statue, OPVS TITIA...I F., long
ago led to the mistaken assumption that the sculpture was made by Tiziano
Aspetti (1565–1607), a Paduan sculptor much influenced by Tuscan Mannerism. It
seems, however, to have been made much earlier than possible for Aspetti and
the logical assumption is that the sculptor was Tiziano Minio, a follower of
Jacopo Sansovino (1486–1570). The haggard, exhausted aspect of
Possibly a private English collection, by 1936 [1];
With Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, by June 15, 1936;
Purchased from Brimo de Laroussilhe by Brummer Gallery, Paris and New York, stock no. H144, on joint account with Jacob Hirsch (1874-1955), New York, June 15, 1936-1937 [1];
Purchased from Brummer Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1937.
NOTES:
[1] Paul Gardner, "A Venetian Statue for Kansas City: Tiziano Aspetti," Art News 36, no. 5 (October 30, 1937): 14, 22.
[2] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cloisters Library and Archives, Brummer Gallery Records, Gothic and Renaissance marbles, stones and alabaster, Object inventory card number H144. Brummer sold a half share of the sculpture to dealer Dr. Jacob Hirsch on March 22, 1937.
“New Pieces of Sculpture from Europe is on Special Showing,” Kansas City Star (October 24, 1937): 114, 116, (repro.), as Saint John the Baptist, clipping, scrapbook, NAMA Archives, vol. 7.
Paul Gardner, “A Venetian Statue for Kansas City: Tiziano Aspetti,” The Art News 36, no. 5 (October 30, 1937): 14, 22, (repro.), as by Tiziano Aspetti, as Saint John the Baptist.
“Masterpiece of the Month,” Gallery News (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art; Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) (November 1937): unpaginated, as by Tiziano Aspetti, as Saint John the Baptist, NAMA Registrar’s Office.
The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, The William Rockhill Nelson Collection, 2nd ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1941), 84, 92, (repro.), as by Aspetti, as Saint John.
The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, The William Rockhill Nelson Collection, 3rd ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1949), 117, (repro.), as by Tiziano Aspetti, as Saint John the Baptist.
Ross E. Taggart, ed., Handbook of the Collections in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 4th ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1959), 89, as by Tiziano Aspetti, as St. John the Baptist.
Ralph T. Coe, “Small European Sculptures,” Apollo 96, no. 130 (December 1972): 515, as probably by Tiziano Minio, as St. John the Baptist [repr. in Denys Sutton, ed., William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City (London: Apollo Magazine, 1972), 515].
Ross E. Taggart and George L. McKenna, eds., Handbook of the Collections in The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, vol. 1, Art of the Occident, 5th ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1973), 87, attributed to Tiziano Minio, as St. John the Baptist.
