
John the Baptist pours water over Christ in the River Jordan as the dove of the Holy Spirit descends between God's hands. The panel came from Andrea del Verrocchio's Florentine workshop, and his young pupil Leonardo da Vinci painted the kneeling angel at far left and, many scholars think, much of the hazy landscape behind.
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Compare the two angels: Leonardo's, turned away from us, has softer modelling and hair than its companion. John's scroll reads "ECCE AGNIUS".
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