Title: The Baptism of Christ
Object type: Painting
Date: 1773
Culture: Mexican
Artist:  Nicolás Enríquez 
Artist bio: Mexican, 1704–1790
Artist nationality: Mexican
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on copper
Dimensions: 22 1/4 × 16 1/2 in. (56.5 × 41.9 cm)
Framed: 25 1/4 × 19 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (64.1 × 50.2 × 3.8 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2014
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Saint John the Baptist, term: Baptism of Christ