The Baptism of Christ

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Artist: Nicolás Enríquez (Mexican, 1704–1790)
Date: 1773
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)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: The American Wing
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
Accession no.: 2014.171

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.