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SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE FORERUNNER
GREECE, 17TH CENTURY
The Saint shown three-quarter length, winged as the Messenger in a green himation over camel hair, his gaze directed towards a vision of an angel emanating from the celestial sphere in the upper left corner, a cruciform staff supported against his left shoulder and left hand holding an unfurled scroll, his right hand raised as a preacher, below his haloed severed head on a charger representing his martyrdom
67 x 35½in. (170 x 90cm.)
GREECE, 17TH CENTURY
The Saint shown three-quarter length, winged as the Messenger in a green himation over camel hair, his gaze directed towards a vision of an angel emanating from the celestial sphere in the upper left corner, a cruciform staff supported against his left shoulder and left hand holding an unfurled scroll, his right hand raised as a preacher, below his haloed severed head on a charger representing his martyrdom
67 x 35½in. (170 x 90cm.)
Literature
Yoko Nakamura. Icons of Byzantium and Russia X-XIX Centuries (Tokyo, Gekkoso, n.d.), in Japanese, no. 24, where it is described as from western Macedonia, 16th century (illustrated in colour before restoration)