Saint John The Baptist

Created by

Kehinde Wiley, American, born 1977

Subject of

Craig Fletcher

Description

Mixed media painting of Craig Fletcher based on Leonardo da Vinci’s Saint John the Baptist. The work has 22-karat gold leaf decoration. The painting shows Fletcher in the center. He is wearing a black t-shirt with blue letters and jeans. He is visible from the torso up with his head titled to the side. Fletcher’s right arm is raised in front of his chest and his other hand is resting on his hip. There are flowers in various colors with green stems around the edges and over top of the central figure. The oil painting has an architectural frame with columns and a raised base. [CRAIG FLETCHER] is painted stylistically in red below the painting. The painting is inset in a detailed architecture frame. There is a painted red star in the upper center of the frame. The wood panel is visible on the reverse and there is a label from the Sean Kelly Gallery with artwork information. There is metal hardware, including D-rings, screws, and brackets, on the reverse.The artist signed and dated the work on the back.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Martin Z. Margulies Foundation, Miami, FL

2014

Object number

2017.105

Restrictions & Rights

© Kehinde Wiley

Type

oil paintings

portraits

mixed media

Medium

22k gold leaf and oil paint on wood panel with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (overall- framed): 40 × 24 × 4 1/8 in. (101.6 × 61 × 10.5 cm)

Portfolio/Series

Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic

Classification

Visual Arts

Exhibition

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Art

Clothing and dress

Identity

Religion

Record ID

nmaahc_2017.105

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd504f25cb5-03cf-4b86-b462-49b6fcf4a2c6