Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape

ca. 1480 (early Renaissance)

22.2 cm 21.5 cm

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Saint John the Baptist was Christ's greatest prophet. He lived in the desert clad in a camel's skin, eating locusts and wild honey, and preaching repentance.The extraordinary detail and meticulous technique in this small work reflect Giovanni's primary occupation as a manuscri...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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