Sandro Botticelli · 1485-1489 (Renaissance)
St. John the Baptist
Sandro Botticelli
St. John the Baptist
1485-1489 (Renaissance)
Saint John stands frontally in a red mantle and dark hair shirt, holding a tall reed cross against bands of gold and blue. Botticelli lengthens the face and hands, giving the solitary figure a solemn, almost weightless presence. Sources: https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.427; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandro%20Botticelli%20-%20St%20John%20the%20Baptist%20-%20Walters%2037427.jpg (Public domain image).
Exhibition Venue
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