TURINO DI SANO- GIOVANNI DI TURINO

 St JOHN THE BAPTIST

 ca. 1420

Carved and painted wood, 162 cm high

Montalcino, Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art

The wooden statue of St John the Baptist, conserved at the Museum of Sacred Art in Montalcino, is linked stylistically to the modes of the two stories of the Baptismal Font of St John at Siena.

Since these were executed in a collaboration between Turino and Giovanni, distinguishing what is owed to one or to the other is rather difficult.

As it was realised in their workshop, it is more probable that its paternity can be attributed to Turino, because it is the oldest and has  sections of draping that are still reminiscent of 14^th-century solutions.