<I>John the Baptist</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1899
name: label: Created by
content: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, American, 1877 - 1968
notes: label: Caption
content: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was part of the second generation of 19th-century American women sculptors. Taking advantage of new opportunities afforded to women seeking a career in sculpture, Fuller studied at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art and moved to Paris in 1899 to attend the Académie Colarossi. While there, Fuller was profoundly inspired by Auguste Rodin; she viewed his work in Paris and later met him and toured his studio at the Villa des Brillants.
label: Caption
content: The expressive surface modeling of the portrait John the Baptist reveals Rodin’s influence. In 1902 L’Art Nouveau, a Parisian avant-garde gallery, mounted a solo exhibition of 22 of Fuller’s small sculptures. John the Baptist was among the featured works.
label: Description
content: A painted plaster sculpture bust of John the Baptist. The head is turned slightly to the left, with closely cropped hair. The face is alert, with raised chin and open eyes. There is a tall integrated mount and base extending from the bust. It features an oval roundel inscribed with the name "John." The sculpture is painted a light beige.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Fuller Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.242.2
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
label: Restrictions & Rights
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physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on plaster
label: Dimensions
content: 19 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (49.5 × 21.9 × 19.4 cm)