John Singer Sargent
Study of Donatello's Saint John
Dated: 1880

The date of this sketchs ares unknown, though I know he was painting the outside of the Frari in 1880 and the brevity of the sketch falls in line with the same kind of energy of the Two Studies for El Jaleo which were c. 1879-82. 

See Donatello's St. John  in Juxtaposition with Sargent's

Donatello  

Italian sculptor, Florentine school  

(c. 1386 -1466)

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St. John the Baptist 

c. 1450

 

Sourse: Natasha Wallace Contributor: igrkio