Youthful Saint

This terracotta bust is made by an unknown artist in Florence in the late 15th century or early 16th century.

It is the portrait of a young man, who could perhaps be the young St. John the Baptist.

The figure is represented almost half length, with the arms cut off above the elbow. He wears a tunic with a high collar, and a mantle over the left shoulder passing under the right arm. His hair is parted in the centre and falls in thick curls on either side, and the head, with half-closed eyes, looks slightly down.