Baptism of Christ

Veit Stoss

ca. 1480–1490 · Limewood with paint and gilding · Medieval Art

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.

Artist

Veit Stoss

Date

ca. 1480–1490

Medium

Limewood with paint and gilding

Culture

German

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912