“The god of wood,” Juan Martínez Montañés and a Baroque sculpture at The Met

Juan Martínez Montañés, Saint John the Baptist, c. 1620–30, polychromed and gilded wood, 154 x 75.2 x 70.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A conversation between Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker