John the Baptist Winged
Iconography: John the Baptist - the Angel of the desert
Date: XVII century.
Iconographic school/art center: Yaroslavl school
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 105 cm, width 82 cm
The icon depicts John the Baptist as a winged angel. In his hands he holds a scroll and a bowl with his decapitated head, at his feet is a tree with a pierced axe.
Inv. № Ж-1343. © Radishchev State Art Museum, Saratov
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