Saint John the Baptist as an Infant Possibly 1770

"Saint John the Baptist as an Infant" is a drawing created by Joseph Wolfgang Xavier Klauber, possibly in 1770. The drawing depicts the young Saint John holding a staff with a banner and sitting with a lamb, a symbol of his future role as a Christian prophet. Klauber's use of red chalk creates a delicate rendering of the baby's body and a sense of light. The drawing is small in scale, measuring 28.7 x 26.2 cm, suggesting its likely function as a study for a larger painting.