Auguste Rodin, St John the Baptist
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Description:
We look at Auguste Rodin’s sculpture of St. John the Baptist. Rodin’s sculpture received a mixed reception when it first appeared, seeming larger than life and too primitive to exude the humility of St. John the Baptist, the precursor of Christ and the last of the great prophets.
"St John the Baptist"