Rodin: John the Baptist. Preaching in Leipzig

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by Henk Bekker

Rodin: John the Baptist. Preaching in Leipzig The free Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (MdbK) is a top fine arts gallery with one of Germany's largest collections of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures from the Middle Ages to the present.

The Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (MdbK) / Museum of Fine Arts has a vast collection of visual or fine arts that covers over 500 years of art history. The museum owns over 4600 paintings, 1800 sculptures and medallions, over 70,000 graphic works on paper, and 5,000 photographs.

Auguste Rodin
(Paris 1840-1917 Meudon)
Johannes der Täufer, predigend / John the Baptist, Preaching, 1878
Bronze
1911 Erwerbung vom Künstler aus städtischen Mitteln / Acquisitation from the artist with city funds