John, in his garment of camel’s hair, raises his arm and preaches to a man in white. The rest of the crowd is only lightly sketched, as if they are still arriving.
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State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
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Image: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
