[Footnote 59: Berlin Museum.]

[Footnote 60: All three in Bargello.]

[Footnote 61: See p. 185.]

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[Illustration: _Alinari_

SAN GIOVANNINO

PALAZZO MARTELLI, FLORENCE]


[Illustration: _Alinari_

ST. JOHN BAPTIST, MARBLE

BARGELLO]


[Sidenote: Early Figures of St. John.]

Another important statue in the Martelli palace is that of St. John
the Baptist. Besides being the earliest patron of Florence, St. John
was the titular saint of every Baptistery in the land. This accounts
for the frequency with which we find his statues and scenes from his
life, particularly in Tuscany. With Donatello he was to some extent a