Ecce agnus dei

This Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God) at the Bavarian State Painting Collections from circa 1462 depicts John the Baptist identifying Christ to his followers. The subject marks the pivotal moment when Christ's public ministry begins through the Baptist's recognition and testimony Oil on canvas, increasingly preferred over panel in the sixteenth century, offered greater flexibility for large-scale compositions The work is now in the collection of Bavarian State Painting Collections in Mun

The recognition scene is rendered with Bouts's characteristic clarity and restraint, the Baptist's pointing gesture and Christ's composed figure arranged within a landscape setting that demonstrates his precise spatial construction.