GHIBERTI, Lorenzo
(b. 1378, Firenze, d. 1455, Firenze)

St John the Baptist (detail)

1412-16
Bronze
Museo di Orsanmichele, Florence

This statue represents a saint who has lived long in the wilderness; his hair and beard fall in disordered locks, while his eyes are sunken deeply into their sockets.




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