SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST. POLYCHROMED BOXWOOD. 17TH CENTURY.

"San Juan". Carved and polychrome boxwood. XVII century. On a simple base stands the figure of Saint John the Baptist, partially dressed in a red tunic that reveals his anatomy by showing part of his body and identified by the lamb that accompanies him (in the Bible, he calls Jesus “the Lamb of God”, hence this animal is one of its most common iconographic attributes). Stylistically, and to appreciate the stylistic differences, compare with the Saint John the Baptist from the “Altarpiece of Saint John the Baptist” by Juan de Juni and Inocencio Berruguete, dated 1551 and today in the National Museum of Sculpture of Valladolid, or with the carving of the same theme by Alonso Cano (hired in 1634) and which is in the same museum. It is also necessary to mention works such as that of Juan de Ávila from the Oratory of San Felipe Neri in Valladolid (today in the Diocesan and Cathedral Museum of Valladolid; dated 1699) or the carving of Juan de Mesa that is in the Museum of Fine Arts of Sevilla.

· Size: 11,5x7x31 cms.