The Baptism of Christ in the Jordan, c. 1480-90. Christ wades in the Jordan River to be blessed by John the Baptist, whose left hand rests on a book of scripture, signifying the fulfillment of prophecy. Overhead, the Spirit of God approvingly descends in the form of a dove. Schongauer’s engraved lines inventively emulate different natural qualities and textures, for example the fur of John’s robe, the figures’ spiraling locks of hair, and the stippled wings of the angel.

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Photo credit: © Heritage Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: .1450-1491, 15th, art, century, cleveland, engraving, german, germany, heritage, martin, museum, print, schongauer