Tomb of Gastone della Torre: St John the Baptist in the Desert

In the reliefs on the tomb, a floor formed of clods of earth gives the illusion of an independent space in front of the figures. This move to an illusionistic rather than a physical representation of space was accompanied, however, by a slight flatness and loss of solidity in the figures.

The picture shows the scene of St John the Baptist in the Desert on the left side of the tomb.