In addition to highlighting traditional symbols associated with John the Baptist, Castillo’s painting illustrates how renderings of this prophet changed over time.
Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (attributed to)
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Carlo Dolci
Edwin Long, R. A.
John Koch
Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti (attr. to)
Salvator Rosa
Johann Friedrich Overbeck
Wittenberg, October 31, 1517 Eyre Crowe, A. R. A.
The Ascension Gustave Doré
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