24-038 Иероним Босх – Святой Иоанн Креститель в пустыне, около 1505
Jerom Bos – Saint John the Baptist in the desert, about 1505 In the bright painting, there is a quietly mysterious plot. Firstly, the desert appears only in the caption, and in the very painting we can see various big animals, bright grass and a lot of trees. Secondly, in the middle of the painting there is an unusual plant, which has thorns on one of the stems, huge leaves up to the middle of the stems, and gigantic pale-pink round fruit, which is eaten by birds. Finally, the Baptist in a brightly...