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St John the Baptist
Allori, Alessandro attributed to (1535 - 1607, Italian)
late 16th Century
oil on panel
Italian
framed: 780 x 658 x 85 mm;unframed: 533 mm x 406 mm
The Saint, nude except for an animal skin around his loins, is seated on a rock, he holds in his raised right hand a cup or shell. The cross of his staff is entwined with ivy leaves and a scroll bearing fragments of the legend 'Ecce Agnius Dei Tollit Peccata Mundi'. Conventional background of landscape and mountains to left.