The Baptism of Christ
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More than twelve Baptisms came out of Veronese's shop. This late one is small enough for a room rather than a nave, and nearness is what it has instead of scale. He leans forward into the water, arms spread only to keep his balance, and the gesture already answers to the cross he has not yet carried. His fingertips just touch John's side.
Matthew's dove falls through broken light above; at this size the distance that counts is the one between two men.
One he never finished: the Redentore Baptism, left at his death to his assistants.
Sources: Christ leans forward, arms extended for balance, fingertips touching John's side, prefiguring the crucifixion pose · Getty Museum object record 79.PA.19 · National Galleries of Scotland, 'Studies for a Baptism of Christ [Recto and Verso]', object 14883 · Matthew 3:16, Douay-Rheims (Challoner)
And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.
Matthew 3:16 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), from the project’s own corpus at data/bible_drc.js
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 14,376 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.