Cleveland Museum of Art
St. John the Baptist
Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) · c. 1475
In his gospel, Saint John identifies Christ as the "Lamb of God," and so the saint is often portrayed holding a lamb with a cruciform staff, symbolizing Christ victorious over death.
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