Why it matters
The Lamb of God alludes to Christ's title in John's Gospel, where John the Baptist calls Jesus 'the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world'. Zurbarán painted several versions; this undated one is estimated to his artistic peak.
Did you know?
- This version is dated to between 1635 and 1640.
- His first dated version, of 1631, is in a Swiss foundation.
- Another version of 1632 is in Barcelona.
Based on the Wikipedia article Agnus Dei (Zurbarán) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
