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St. John the Baptist
Creator
Master of the Harburger AltarGerman Artist · 1500–1515
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- about 1515
- Medium
- Partially polychromed limewood
- Culture
- German
- Department
- Sculpture
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 5144fe3e-a70b-4614-b77b-05de96976aa5
From the Getty Museum record
Saint John the Baptist cradles the Holy Lamb, a symbol of the sacrificial Christ. The sculpture illustrates the saint's exclamation, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). Glimpsed beneath his billowing mantle is a tattered shift of camel's skin, as described in the Bible. The camel's bearded head rests between the saint's feet. Originally the sculpture was one of two figures flanking a central figure of Christ or the Virgin and Child within a winged altarpiece. It has lost most of its original paint.
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