Sale Price:
$2,700.00
Original Price:
$4,200.00
This small devotional panel (20.5 x 14 cm) depicts Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness, accompanied by the lamb, an allusion to Christ as the Agnus Dei, and holding a slender cross-staff, symbolizing his role as the forerunner. The saint is shown in a contemplative stance, partially draped in a red mantle, within a restrained landscape setting.
The halo is executed in gold leaf, a feature consistent with late medieval and early Renaissance panel painting traditions.
The fine craquelure of the pictorial layer, together with the panel’s characteristics, such as the wood grain and curvature, are consistent with age and suggest a dating around the 14th century. No signature present.
This small devotional panel (20.5 x 14 cm) depicts Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness, accompanied by the lamb, an allusion to Christ as the Agnus Dei, and holding a slender cross-staff, symbolizing his role as the forerunner. The saint is shown in a contemplative stance, partially draped in a red mantle, within a restrained landscape setting.
The halo is executed in gold leaf, a feature consistent with late medieval and early Renaissance panel painting traditions.
The fine craquelure of the pictorial layer, together with the panel’s characteristics, such as the wood grain and curvature, are consistent with age and suggest a dating around the 14th century. No signature present.
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