There are few representations of St. John the Baptist as a child without accompanying figures. None of the hagiographical sources dealt with the early life of the Saint. Those few representations depict the young saint in relatively neutral surroundings. Bartolome Estaban Murillo appears enamoured with the young St. John the Baptist as he paints the young saint a number of times. First, he depicts the young saint with auburn hair (c. 1645), pointing with his right index finger and the merest suggestion of the reed cross in the background. Then c. 1660, there are two representations of the Young St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness with the usual iconographic devices--i.e., the lamb and pointing finger. Finally in 1665 another representation, this time featuring a scarlet drape along with a lamb (See illustrations below). Murillo, as well as the other painters who depict the saint as a young boy, depict St. John the Baptist as an idealized, beautiful, glowing faced child.