Hieronymus Bosch (Jeroen Anthoniszoon van Aken) (c. 1450 - 1516), St John the Baptist in Wilderness (1489)

St. John the Baptist, head in hand leans against a rock and points to the lamb as he rests in a fantastical landscape. The saint is shown as an aged man wearing a flowing, red garment. There is no attempt at idealization, rather we are presented with a genre figure.

Geertgen Tot Sint Jans aka Geerten van Haarlem (c. 1465 - c. 1495), St John the Baptist in the Wilderness (1490)

St. John the Baptist is shown as an old man, somewhat emaciated, sitting in deep thought and somewhat dejected in the wilderness. A lamb is beside him. The whole is decidedly somber.