The Young Saint John the Baptist

Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The portrait depicts a young male figure with curly, shoulder-length blonde hair. The subject's head is turned to the left; he has a slender nose and thin lips. A dark feathered object resembling a cloak or robe is draped over his right shoulder. A staff-like object with three branches, one wrapped with cord, appears on the left edge. Two feathered wings protrude from behind the upper right side of his head. The background is black.