Name/Title
St. John the Baptist with LambEntry/Object ID
2025.6.4Description
Title [assigned by archives]: St. John the Baptist with Lamb
Sister Mary Baptist Courtney (1875 – 1939) depicted her namesake, St. John the Baptist, in this painting, which is her only documented artwork. St. John the Baptist appears as a child, his curly hair surrounded by golden rays of light. Sister Mary Baptist includes the hallmarks of the Saint’s iconography: a camel’s hair tunic, a long cross, and a scroll with the inscription “Ecce Agnus Dei,” “behold the Lamb of God.” St. John looks into the distance with his arm wrapped around a lamb, who gazes towards him.
Título [asignado por los archivos]: San Juan Bautista con el cordero
Sor Mary Baptist Courtney (1875-1939) representó a su homónimo, San Juan Bautista, en esta pintura, que es su única obra de arte documentada. San Juan Bautista aparece como un niño, con su cabello rizado rodeado de rayos de luz dorados. Sor Mary Baptist incluye los rasgos distintivos de la iconografía del santo: una túnica de pelo de camello, una cruz larga y un pergamino con la inscripción «Ecce Agnus Dei», «he aquí el Cordero de Dios». San Juan mira a lo lejos con el brazo alrededor de un cordero, que lo mira.Type of Painting
EaselCollection
Personnel Membership-SistersMade/Created
Artist
Sister Mary Baptist Courtney, CCVINotes
UndatedInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureLocation
Bottom middle of canvasTranscription
Sr. M. Baptist, C.C.V.IMaterial/Technique
In Artist's Hand, PaintedLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Painting, PanelNomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
* Untyped Getty AAT
canvas painting, religious artLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Religious art objects, Oil paintingsDimensions
Dimension Description
Dimensions with frameHeight
53 inWidth
36 inDepth
2 inResearch Notes
Research Type
CuratorNotes
Sister Mary Baptist Courtney was born in San Antonio, Texas on January 10, 1875. She entered the Congregation in 1896 and took her final vows in 1903. She spent most of her life as a teacher in missions spanning Texas, Mexico, and Missouri.
Sister Mary Baptist took art classes from Sister Agatha O’Driscoll (1864 – 1913) in 1898. She furthered her artistic training during the summer of 1917 when the Order sent her to take lessons, alongside fellow Incarnate Word College art instructors Sisters Enriqueta Moritz (1883 – 1968) and Alphonsine Siewert (1884 – 1959), at the Art Institute of Chicago.Research Type
CuratorNotes
Sor Mary Baptist Courtney nació en San Antonio, Texas, el 10 de enero de 1875. Ingresó en la Congregación en 1896 y tomó sus votos perpetuos en 1903. Pasó la mayor parte de su vida como profesora en misiones repartidas por Texas, México y Misuri.
Sor Mary Baptist tomó clases de arte con la hermana Agatha O'Driscoll (1864-1913) en 1898. Amplió su formación artística durante el verano de 1917, cuando la Orden la envió a tomar clases, junto con sus compañeras instructoras de arte del Incarnate Word College, las hermanas Enriqueta Moritz (1883-1968) y Alphonsine Siewert (1884-1959), en el Instituto de Arte de Chicago.
