Important antique oil painting on canvas 18th century. Subject a beautiful religious subject. He is depicted as a curly child, with a cross composed of curly canes from which hangs the cartouche (ECCE AGNUS DEI), a goat or camel skin on him and a lamb.
The attributes have this explanation: the cross is a symbol of its role as a precursor that anticipates the death of Christ, it is very simple to indicate the poverty and humility of John. The scroll shows the words that Giovanni spoke when he saw Jesus in the Jordan (as told in the Gospels). Camel or goat skin is a detail also derived from the scriptures and apocrypha in which it tells of the poverty of John in the desert and is said to be dressed precisely in these skins. The lamb is an obvious reference to the words of the cartouche as well as indicating the purity of the Baptist. The frame is from the 20th century.
DIMENSIONS
H 42.13 in. x W 29.93 in. x D 1.58 in.
H 107 cm x W 76 cm x D 4 cm
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