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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 932400, member: 5833&quot;][Playing devil&#039;s advocate to keep thoughts flowing.] Yes, except John is usually shown as having a wild man look to him, unkempt beard &amp; hair, wearing animal skin.&nbsp; OP figure does look more like a matron of means.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the same thing has happened with icons, or icon-like paintings not meant for serious devotional use, that happened over time with cameos.&nbsp; For a time they faithfully followed the conventions for depicting individuals &amp; scenes established in antiquity &amp; renewed with neoclassical art.&nbsp; Late in the craze you find ones with scrambled attributes, wings where they don&#039;t belong, etc.&nbsp; Perhaps this is Valeria telling her story in the manner of the Baptist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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