Salimbeni - Saint John baptizing the neophytes (or converts)
Lorenzo e Jacopo Salimbeni -
The Life of John the Baptist [1416]
Saint John baptizing the neophytes (or converts)
Urbino, Marche, Italy, Oratorio of San Giovanni Battista
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On the left the people disrobe in preparation. The soft pastels in which they are rendered and the act of disrobing itself contrast sharply with the people who are waiting on the right in richly colored clothes of the period.
And together the left and right scenes also contrast with the drinking and merry-making of the people in the background.
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Salimbeni - Saint John baptizing the neophytes (or converts)
Lorenzo e Jacopo Salimbeni -
The Life of John the Baptist [1416]
Saint John baptizing the neophytes (or converts)
Urbino, Marche, Italy, Oratorio of San Giovanni Battista
PA
On the left the people disrobe in preparation. The soft pastels in which they are rendered and the act of disrobing itself contrast sharply with the people who are waiting on the right in richly colored clothes of the period.
And together the left and right scenes also contrast with the drinking and merry-making of the people in the background.
PA