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One of a series of 60 etchings depicting the life of Christ, by Gabriel Huquier after drawings by Claude Gillot, issued under the title: Vie de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ (Paris : Chez Huquier, [between 1720 and 1732]).
"The original drawings [for the Vie de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ] were executed in 1720 and the series was engraved between that date and 1732 (when the set is mentioned by Mariette in his Notes Manuscrites)."--British Museum online catalog.
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings and engravings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
The baptism of Christ by St. John, with Saint John kneeling on a rocky outcropping at left, pouring water from a shell over the head of Christ who stands at right; the two figures surrounded by angels, with the Holy Spirit as a dove overhead.