TREASURES FROM MEDIEVAL TO BAROQUE ART
Colonial School, Mexico, 18th century. The Baptism of Christ. Oil on copper. The work shows an idealized landscape in the background and Saint John the Baptist in the foreground on the right, pouring water over Christ and his phylactery staff held by his left hand. Christ with the cloth of purity adopts a gesture of humility by bowing his head while holding his two hands clasped on his chest. 94 x 78 cm.
