Print of Leonardo da Vinci - Saint John the Baptist - 1508-1513
Leonardo da Vinci - Saint John the Baptist
Year: 1508-1513 - oil on walnut panel 57x69 cm
Preserved at: Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
Leonardo da Vinci paints Saint John the Baptist as a young man emerging from the darkness. With his right hand he points to the Cross and the sky above us. His robe is a fur, as for many hermits, which is supported by the left arm and leaves the shoulder and right arm uncovered.