Baptism of Christ – Kunsthistorisches Museum – Vienna

The episode of the Baptism of Christ is depicted in the foreground: under the gaze of four characters arranged on the side, attending the scene, Jesus, whose body is covered only by a white cloth knotted on his hips, joins his hands at the height of his chest as a sign of prayer and bows his face to the ground. He is in fact receiving the sacrament of Baptism by Saint John the Baptist: the saint wears a brown robe covered by a soft red cloak that hangs from his left shoulder, on which also rests the stick ending in a cross, while with the opposite hand he is pouring the baptismal water of the Jordan River on the head of Jesus. Both figures are standing, their feet immersed in the waters of the river, which flows in the background and fades into the hilly landscape where the event is taking place.