Art, literature & history
The Baptism of Christ
1773
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 23.7 x 12.4 cm (9 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.) sheet: 27 x 15.3 cm (10 5/8 x 6 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1988.18.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Martin Johann Schmidt. The Baptism of Christ. Martin Johann Schmidt; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Johann_Schmidt,_The_Baptism_of_Christ,_1773,_NGA_70326.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Baptism of Christ — Martin Johann Schmidt. 1773.
Medium: etching on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 23.7 x 12.4 cm (9 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.) sheet: 27 x 15.3 cm (10 5/8 x 6 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1988.18.2. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.