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Baptism of Christ

Workshop of Veit Stoss German
ca. 1480–1490
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305
Saint John the Baptist baptizes Christ in the presence of an angel. The shallow relief was once part of an interior wing to a lost altarpiece. The composition follows a popular engraving by Martin Schongauer of about 1480. The Nuremberg sculptor Veit Stoss employed numerous assistants for his altarpiece in the Church of the Virgin in Cracow, Poland, and it was probably one of these assistants who carved this relief.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Baptism of Christ
  • Artist: Workshop of Veit Stoss (German, Horb am Neckar ca. 1445–1533 Nuremberg)
  • Date: ca. 1480–1490
  • Geography: Made in Nuremberg, Germany
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Limewood with paint and gilding
  • Dimensions: 48 × 40 × 3 in. (121.9 × 101.6 × 7.6 cm)
    Mount (Back board with shelf and 2 clips): 52 × 44 × 3 5/8 in., 90 lb. (132.1 × 111.8 × 9.2 cm, 40.8 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Wood
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
  • Object Number: 12.130.1
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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