RUSTICI, Giovanni Francesco (b. 1475, Firenze, d. 1554, Tours) |
Preaching of St John the Baptist: the Pharisee1506-11Bronze 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. |