Statue of St John - VITTORIA, Alessandro - WGA
Statue of St John by VITTORIA, Alessandro
Statue of St John by VITTORIA, Alessandro

Statue of St John

by VITTORIA, Alessandro, Bronze

Vittoria produced some of his greatest works during the 1580s, including a second altar for the Scuola di San Fantin in the Chapel of the Crucifix in Santi Giovanni e Paolo. Probably dating from the first half of the decade, it depicts the Crucifixion, for which Vittoria supplied bronzes of the Virgin and St John, each a little over 1 m high. Weighed down by the heavy folds of her robes but even more by her grief, the sorrowing Virgin has her hands clasped tightly together as she stares downward, providing a counterbalance to the figure of St John, who is portrayed with his arms spread wide and his neck strained upwards to gaze at Christ.

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