Altenstadt - St. Michael

John the Baptist, prophet and preacher. He looks a little "hippiesque" here, with the beard, the long (rastalike) hair and wearing strange clothes from camel´s hair. He lives in the desert, but near the Jordan. Lots of birds around. John points to the dove on the left. Right - next to the flying sparrow sits a snipe. Or is it a small heron? John seems to walk through the reed to the river led by the Holy Spirit (dove) to Christ (lamb).