RUSTICI, Giovanni Francesco
(b. 1475, Firenze, d. 1554, Tours)

Preaching of St John the Baptist: the Pharisee

1506-11
Bronze
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence

This statue represents the Pharisee, to the left of the Baptist. He is shown with a magnificently tousled mane of hair and beard, which he tugs in a gesture of annoyance (like Michelangelo's slightly later statue of Moses.