Baptism of Christ (Munich)
| Object type | Painting |
| Genre | Religious |
| Date | ca. 1597 |
| Dimensions | 33 x 44 cm |
| Support | Copper |
| Medium | Oil |
| Collaborators | Hans Rottenhammer |
| Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
| Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #260 Borggrefe as Rottenhammer Munich 2013 as Brueghel and Rottenhammer |
| Location | Munich, Germany |
| Collection | Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen |
| Accession numbers | inv. #4826 |
| Tags | Resting, Rottenhammer, River, Children, Putti, Angels, Christ, New Testament |
Exhibited in Brake/Prague (Borggrefe 2008) as being just by Rottenhammer. There are, the catalog states, many copies of this composition, including one that has been attributed to Jan Brueghel; for the other copies see Borggrefe p.126.
The date on this work has been disputed. Pelzer dated it after 1606, Mai put it in 1598 and Schlichtenmaier even earlier, in Rottenhammer's Venetian period. Munich catalogue now suggests ca. 1597.
The motif of God surrounded by putti is repeated (how closely?) in the Winter Landscape with Angels Strewing Flowers that Rottenhammer and Brueghel executed in collaboration.