Christ's Baptism and the child Christ helping in the carpentry shop
Clayton & Bell
c. 1856
Stained glass
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Designers of stained glass windows often followed St. Paul and paired St. John the Baptist's baptism of Jesus with Moses Striking the Rock, thus making the baptism the fulfillment of the Old Testament event. Here the represented events occur out of chronological order or at least the usual ways of depicting it. Millais's early painting, Christ in the House of His Parents (1850), which incidentally includes the young John the Baptist, is one of the most famous representations of its subject.
Related material, including other windows in this church
- St. Mary's, Sunbury
- The Annunciation to Mary, The Angel comes to the Shepherds, The Gifts of the Magi, and The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple.
- Christ and the Doctors and Suffer Little Children
- The Last Supper and Feeding the Five Thousand
- Detail of the previous window
Photograph, caption, and commentary by George P. Landow with research and additional text by Jacqueline Banerjee. [You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Last modified 9 November 2011