# Head of St John the Baptist [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TINO DI CAMAINO]() - Date: 1301-1350 - Technique: White marble, height 55 cm ## Commentary Around 1321-23, Tino di Camaino carved three groups to be placed above the east, south and north doors of the Baptistery in Florence. Three centuries later these sculptures were substituted with other groups representing the same subjects. This fragment is a surviving piece from the group which was originally above the north door. ## Related artworks - [An Angel holding a curtain]() - [An Angel holding a curtain]() - [Angel]() - [Anjou tombs]() - [Caryatid]() - [Charity]() - [Charity]() - [Fragments from the Baptistery]() - [Head of St John the Baptist]() - [Madonna and Child \(detail\)]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna and Child with Saints]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()