Francesco Bassano, The Preaching of St. John the Baptist

Circa 1570
Church of San Giacomo dall'Orio, Venice

Curiously, John is not pictured in his garments of camel hair. Most of the people listen with calm attention, but the angry sky in the left background symbolizes his warning that "now the axe is laid to the root of the trees" (Matthew 3:10).

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.