Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness (c.1600) Annibale Caracci. Here we see John the Baptist wearing his usual animal skin clothing and carrying a staff with the cross on top. The saint has turned toward us to direct our attention to a figure in the distance. At first glance, based on the clothing, pose and the light obscuring the face you might mistakenly think that we are looking at Mary; however, upon closer inspection see that we are witnessing Jesus making his way down the path to be baptized by John.

John the Baptist looks a little wooden, especially his face, the Met gallery label indicates that Annibale had recently finished studying Roman sculpture prior to painting this piece.