Baptism of Christ (Caracciolo)

Baptism of Christ is a 1610-1615 oil on canvas painting by Battistello Caracciolo, now in the Girolamini, Naples.

History

The first written reference to the work is by Carlo Celano, who mentions it as already being in the Girolamini, It had very probably arrived there as part of Domenico Lercaro's art collection, bequeathed to the Oratorians in 1623.