John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Geertgen tot Sint Jans · 1480
Why it's great
John the Baptist sits in a green, peaceful landscape with a lamb, resting his head on his hand as if he were daydreaming. Geertgen tot Sint Jans painted it in about 1480, and the animals and plants are painted with great love.
Where to see it
📍 Gemäldegalerie BerlinBezirk Mitte, Germany
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Geertgen tot Sint Jans was a Dutch painter who was born in Leiden around 1460 and lived in a monastery in Haarlem, where his name means Little Gerard of the Brothers of Saint John. He died young, in his late twenties, around 1490.
