Early 17th-Century Spanish School, The Baptism Of Christ Thought-Provoking This splendid late 19th-century oil

This splendid late 19th-century oil painting by Danish artist Viggo Pedersen (1854-1926) depicts three figures shearing a sheep in a slatted barrel

thriving in perpetuity

For the collector

Unsigned and held in a later frame

and marked a transitional point between Catholicism and pre-colonial beliefs

Early 17th-Century Spanish School, The Baptism Of Christ Thought-Provoking This splendid late 19th-century oilThis exquisite early 17th century oil on copper depicts The Baptism of Christ. Its composition is derived from an engraving by Adriaen Collaert (c. 1560 1618) after Maerten de Vos (1532 1603), whose designs profoundly influenced both Northern and Southern European sacred art. Here, Saint John the Baptist kneels beside Christ in the Jordan, as the heavens open and the Holy Spirit descends in radiant light. Two angels on the right cradle a crimson