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Keywords: Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona - Saint John the Baptist - Walters 37687.jpg Saint John the Baptist was Christ's greatest prophet Pointing to his staff he is depicted as the voice in the wilderness who prepared the way for the Lord as described in the New Testament His primitive garment of camel's skin and his bony appearance speak to his ascetic life in the desert where he preached repentance to prepare for the coming of Christ His eyes appear large as the flesh of his face is sunken The saint's bodily neglect has contributed to his sanctity symbolized by the splendidly tooled gold background His name is written in his halo and on his scroll can be read in Latin the words that he exclaimed upon seeing Jesus Behold the Lamb of God The panel was originally one of the side panels of a polyptych altarpiece made of several panels Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 126 191-192 between 1490 1499 early Renaissance tempera oil tooled gold panel Painted surface cm 117 8 38 2 ;<br>Panel cm 122 9 40 3 1 accession number 37 687 40301 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 51 1897 catalogue no 69 as Verrocchio Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Translation Behold the Lamb of God; Transcription On scroll ECCE AN GNVS DEI; Transcription On halo S IOVANES BATTISTA place of origin Marche Italy Walters Art Museum license 3D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona Paintings in the Walters Art Museum
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