Saint John the Baptist Preaching, Mattia Preti, ca. 1650

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Saint John the Baptist Preaching, ca. 1650, Oil on canvas, 68 x 47 3/4 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese) (Italian, Taverna 1613–1699 Valletta), Saint John the Baptist is shown seated in the wilderness exhorting the viewer to repentance, his right hand pointing heavenwards, his skin tanned through years in the desert. The lamb stands for Christ, the 'lamb of God

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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