Artist: Mino de Fiesole (1429-1484)
Medium: Marble
Venue: Metropolitan Museum of Art
I stop at this bust every time.. it is exquisitely carved. The delicate treatment of the subject surprised me at first because usually John the Baptist is portrayed as a rough and tumble boy/man with animal skins to depict his wild life style. Whatever the artists reasoning, his portrayal is successful
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