" the scene shows Christ standing in the river Jordan as John the Baptist pours water over his head. Hovering above Christ, as if just released from the hands of God, is the dove of the holy spirit emitting divine rays. Its cruciform configuration, which echoes the red cross on Christ's halo, prefigures the Crucifixion. Likewise, the black bird at the right, which flies in the direction of John's Cross, is probably a symbol of death. At the same time, the structured character of the rock behind John denotes the future rld of the Church as the Rock of Ages. The palm tree identifies the setting as the Holy Land".
lol There would have been no way I would have ever seen that just by looking at the picture... :)
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