# Preaching of St John the Baptist: the Levite [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RUSTICI, Giovanni Francesco]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Bronze ## Commentary This statue represents the Levite, to the right of the Baptist. He is gross and bald, deliberately recalling <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/donatell/1\_early/duomo/8habak\_1.html'\)" href="/html/d/donatell/1\_early/duomo/8habak\_1.html">Donatello's Habakkuk</a> on the Campanile nearby. His powerful arms resemble those of Michelangelo's figures on the Sistine ceiling and the bulges and rolls on his forehead extend Verrocchio's expressive anatomy and reflect Leonardo's studies of the grotesque. ## Related artworks - [A Dancing Faun]() - [Apollo and Marsyas]() - [Apollo Vanquishing the Serpent Python]() - [Battle]() - [Battle scene]() - [Battle scene]() - [Battle scene]() - [Battle scene]() - [Bust of Boccaccio]() - [Bust of Boccaccio]() - [Chariot of Victory]() - [Conversion of St Paul]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()