I have seen a painting of the Lord Jesus' baptism in which the painter made the error of showing 'sprinkling'?

instead of total immersion. Jesus went down into the waters as did those who later came to him and the disciples for baptism. We also remember the occasion when the Ethiopian Eunuch asked to be baptised and went down into the water.

So my question really is do you know who painted this 'sprinkling' picture?

There are two i came up with but i am sure there are others. One is Adrea del Verrocchio 1475 and the other is Piero della Francesca 1448-1450. With these two artists their Baptism of Christ paintings are base on a religious theme and not meant as an accurate portrayal of the event itself but mostly symbolic. I'm sure they were very aware of how the baptism of Jesus played out...there is no error.

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