Baptism of the Lord by Verrochio and his apprentice, Leonardo Da Vinci

I wanted to highlight the painting in the previous post a little more. Clicking on it will pull up a much larger version. The painting was made by Verrochio in 1475 with an assist from his apprentice, the young Leonardo Da Vinci. The angel down on the lower left is the one painted by Leonardo along with some of the background. The angel on the right may have been painted by Botticelli.

It was commissioned by the monastery church of San Salvi in Florence. In the painting, John the Baptist pours water over the head of Christ as they stand in the Jordan River. Above you see the extended hands of God the Father, rays of light, and the Holy Spirit represented by a dove. The angels hold the garments of Christ off to the left. John the Baptist holds a staff with a cross. A ribbon around that staff reads, "Ecce Agnius" in Latin or "Behold, the Lamb". All represented in the painting have halos. Christ's halo includes a cross within it.

It's nearly 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide, painted on wood in oil.