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The image depicts a group of figures engaging in a scene by a river. The drawing is detailed and monochromatic, showing various figures in cloaks and robes. The setting appears to be near a body of water with reflections in the foreground. In the middle ground, figures surround a central figure participating in a ceremony. The background features a pastoral scene with trees, hills, and additional figures. The style suggests a classical influence, possibly from the Renaissance or Baroque period.
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The image depicts a group of figures engaging in a scene by a river. The drawing is detailed and monochromatic, showing various figures in cloaks and robes. The setting appears to be near a body of water with reflections in the foreground. In the middle ground, figures surround a central figure participating in a ceremony. The background features a pastoral scene with trees, hills, and additional figures. The style suggests a classical influence, possibly from the Renaissance or Baroque period.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Baptism

Jean Dughet, after Nicolas Poussin

Date
c. 1650
Medium
etching with engraving on two sheets of laid paper
Dimensions
image: 51 × 65.6 cm (20 1/16 × 25 13/16 in.) mount: 61.5 × 80.2 cm (24 3/16 × 31 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2020.102.1
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
The Seven Sacraments (First Set)

Subjects and terms

  • Tree
  • Male nude
  • Figures
  • Writing
Provenance

(sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 7-8 June 1996, no. 5332, prints from a dilapidated album); (James Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA, 1996); purchased by NGA, 2020.

Inscription

upper left in image: Ill.mo ac Ornatiss.mo Viro D. Carolo Antonio a Puteo Equestris / Miline Sti. STefani commendatori / Tua ad Te postliminio redeunt Eques Illust.me Quod enim haec visibilia invisibilis gratiae signo / sinsibilia salutis nostrae auxilia, stupenda divinae in nos charitatis miracula typicis hic vin- / -bris express prodeunt in lucem, tua sunt beneficia, mea nomina ea a museo tuo, naturae artis- / -que locuple issimo penu etuta ea mihin pro tua gentilitiaq, Puteorum magnanimitate, qua con- / -ctis in Urbe places, faves, prodesque, inexhaustus vere bonorum, Puteus ad Reipublicae Chri-stianae usum liberaliter commodata: suscipe igitur Tua, Eques Nobiliss.me; et patere ut, dum / Archetypo Callicae pietatis et industriae opera suo Domino repono; et extypa haec grati- / -tudinis meae donaria in amplo rotius Ecclesiae templo Puteo nomini deuotus appenda.m, / toroq Orbe innotescat et Puteorum beneficentia et nunquam moritura observantia / Tui Deuotiss: Servi / Nic.us Poussin Invet I Ioannis Dughet; lower right in image: Nic. Poussin.; lower left in image, in pen and ink: 63

Watermarks

shield (left) and double-encircled fleur-de-lys surmounted by an ‘O’ or ‘G’ (right)

NGA object ID 221912. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.