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Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness  1460

by Giovanni di Paolo

Giovanni di Paolo worked within the conservative artistic tradition of Siena, creating rich patterns and an intensely devotional mood in his paintings. Among his finest narrative works are [url=https://www.artic.edu/collection?q=panel&categoryQuery=di+Paolo&artist_ids=Giovanni+di+Paolo]these six panels[/url], part of a series of twelve depicting the life of Saint John the ...
Size: 
68.5 × 36.2 cm (27 × 14 1/4 in.); painted surface: 66.3 × 34 cm
Medium: 
Tempera on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago