The Infant Jesus and John the Baptist
by RUSTICI, Giovanni Francesco, Alabaster
The attribution of this precious alabaster tondo to Rustici is doubtful.
Jesus and the Baptist appear side by side, one burdened already by the cross of Calvary and the symbols of the Passion, the other that touches with the left the shoulder of the companion but raises the right to indicate the sky: the index pointing towards the top highlights the inevitability of the divine will. The lamb crouched on the ground seals the meeting and the harmony between the two children.