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The Baptism of Christ

Pietro Peruginoc. 1475

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

  • Title: The Baptism of Christ
  • Creator: Pietro Perugino
  • Date Created: c. 1475
  • Physical Dimensions: overall (approximate): 19.3 x 19.8 cm (7 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Dr. Simon Meller, Paris; Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell; (their sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1962); (sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, 26 June 1981, no. 143); (via David Tunick, Inc., New York), NGA purchase, 1981.
  • Rights: CC0
  • Medium: pen and brown ink; verso, pen and brown ink over black chalk (Draped figure holding a book), and black chalk (Man wielding an ax with a figure [satyr?] defining himself)
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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