1588_01
Title
St John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Maker of the object
Florentine (later sixteenth Century)
Culture / painting school
Italian
Description
Full-length figure of the saint, nude except for an animal skin loincloth, seated on a rock. In his raised right hand he holds a cup or shell. His staff, leaning against his leg, is entwined with ivy leaves and a scroll bearing fragments of his motto 'Ecce Agnus Dei' (Behold the Lamb of God).
Measurements
framed: 970 mm x 848 mm x 73 mm; unframed: 533 mm x 406 mm
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