Title

The Baptism of Christ', 1445-1450, (1943).

Caption

'The Baptism of Christ', 1445-1450, (1943). Jesus stands in the River Jordan as John the Baptist, kneeling on a projecting rock, pours baptismal water over Christ's head. An angel holds Christ's clothing. Above is the figure of God the Father and the dove representing the Holy Ghost. Drawing in the Louvre Museum, Paris. From "Europäische Handzeichnungen", (Five Hundred Years of European Drawings), by Bernhard Degenhart. [Atlantis-Verlag Berlin, Zürich, 1943]

Date

1943

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F20_471

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,6Mb (2,7Mb) / 13,0in x 18,1in / 3894 x 5440 (300dpi)

Keywords

ink pen river animal water people male man men Asia religious arts bird birds Jordan religion art book guy clothes geography Christianity dress Christ deity God angel Jesus Jesus Christ Renaissance century drawing dove literature B&W 1940s full length goddess MONOCHROME baptism Forties Baptising black & white black and white B W 20th century Holy Ghost 15th century The Print Collector decade fifteenth century geographical feature loin cloth loincloth River Jordan TGN ink pen our saviour Master ES Master E.S. Europaische Handzeichnungen Europäische Handzeichnungen Bernhard Degenhart Degenhart Bernhard Meister ES Meister E. S.