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GREEK, 16TH CENTURY
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ST. JOHN "ANGEL OF THE DESERT"
GREEK, 16TH CENTURY
St. John with large wings, wearing both the raiment of skins and the chiton, standing on the side of a cliff, holding an inscribed scroll and the cross, gesturing in speech towards Christ who emerges half-length from the open heavens, the Baptist's head in the bowl on the foreground and behind him the tree and the axe as references to his sermon on repentance, against a gold background
16¼ x 10 7/8 in. (41.25 x 27.75 cm)
GREEK, 16TH CENTURY
St. John with large wings, wearing both the raiment of skins and the chiton, standing on the side of a cliff, holding an inscribed scroll and the cross, gesturing in speech towards Christ who emerges half-length from the open heavens, the Baptist's head in the bowl on the foreground and behind him the tree and the axe as references to his sermon on repentance, against a gold background
16¼ x 10 7/8 in. (41.25 x 27.75 cm)
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