
Saint John the Baptist
Florentine 15th Century · Italian
c. 1490
- Medium
- painted terracotta
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- 1401 to 1500
- Image size
- 3875 × 4753px
Description
The sculpture is a detailed bust of a young man with pale skin and wavy brown hair that almost reaches to his shoulders, seen from the chest up. He has thin, arched eyebrows, a long, straight nose, and thin red lips that are partially open. A dark red and green cloth or cloak is draped over his shoulders and tied near his left arm, and it appears to cover a light brown garment with the texture of fur. The sculpture has no base.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).