This painting shows a person standing on a hill in rocky terrain. The person has light skin and short yellow hair. They are wearing a light blue tunic with jagged edges, tied at the waist with a pink sash. A pink cloak is draped over their shoulders. There is a small black bird near their feet, and another bird flies overhead. They appear to hold a thin, faded golden cross in one hand that extends above their head. There are hints of gold around their head, suggesting there once may have been a golden halo. The background includes lush greenery, trees, and stacked gray rocks on the right…
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Saint John the Baptist

Jacopo del Sellaio (Florentine, 1441/1442 - 1493)

c. 1480

Medium
oil on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 52 x 32.8 cm (20 1/2 x 12 15/16 in.) ; framed: 67.3 x 48.3 x 7.6 cm (26 1/2 x 19 x 3 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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