<I>Saint John The Baptist</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2014
name: label: Created by
content: Kehinde Wiley, American, born 1977
label: Subject of
content: Craig Fletcher
notes: label: Caption
content: Kehinde Wiley has often drawn inspiration from images that reflect the past but speak to the present. The idea for this painting likely comes from Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, St. John the Baptist, 1513-16, included in the collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris. This work is included in his series, A New Republic, which portrays contemporary portraits of men and women that riff on specific paintings by Old Masters to raise questions about race, gender, and the politics of representation. Wiley’s elevated and intimate portrait also draws attention to the absence of African Americans from historical and cultural narratives.
label: Description
content: Mixed media painting of Craig Fletcher based on Leonardo da Vinci’s Saint John the Baptist. The work has 22-karat gold leaf decoration. The painting shows Fletcher in the center. He is wearing a black t-shirt with blue letters and jeans. He is visible from the torso up with his head titled to the side. Fletcher’s right arm is raised in front of his chest and his other hand is resting on his hip. There are flowers in various colors with green stems around the edges and over top of the central figure. The oil painting has an architectural frame with columns and a raised base. [CRAIG FLETCHER] is painted stylistically in red below the painting. The painting is inset in a detailed architecture frame. There is a painted red star in the upper center of the frame. The wood panel is visible on the reverse and there is a label from the Sean Kelly Gallery with artwork information. There is metal hardware, including D-rings, screws, and brackets, on the reverse.The artist signed and dated the work on the back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: A New Republic
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Exhibition
content: Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Martin Z. Margulies Foundation, Miami, FL
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.105
objectType: label: Type
content: oil paintings
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: mixed media
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kehinde Wiley
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: 22k gold leaf and oil paint on wood panel with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall- framed): 40 × 24 × 4 1/8 in. (101.6 × 61 × 10.5 cm)