24 x 18 cm Galleria Estense, Modena The Baptism of Christ is the right panel on the front of the Modena Triptych. The Modena Triptych strikingly illustrates El Greco's transition from post-Byzantine icon painter to European artist of the Latin variety. The portable altarpiece, whose unknown patron perhaps stemmed from a Creto-Venetian family, in its open state shows a total of six scenes: on the front, the central panel bears a rare depiction of the Coronation of the Christian Knight, and on the wings we find the Adoration of the Shepherds on the left and the Baptism of Christ on the right. On the reverse, a View of Mount Sinai with its famous convent of St Catherine is flanked by an Annunciation and an Admonition of Adam and Eve by God the Father. This type of object with its gilded frame elements was common in Cretan workshops of the 16th century, as is its use of wood as a painting support. Author: GRECO, El Title: Baptism of Christ , 1551-1600 , Spanish Form: painting , religious
Painting ID:: 62347
1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua In spite of the high quality details of this scene, the irrational representation of the water in which Christ stands indicates that Giotto was still influenced by medieval iconographic conventions. Artist: GIOTTO di Bondone Painting Title: No. 23 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 7. Baptism of Christ , 1301-1350 Painting Style: Italian , , religious
Painting ID:: 62987
1473 Fresco Sant'Andrea a Brozzi, San Donnino The fresco is in the tympanum above the Madonna and Child with Saints. Two angels are kneeling on the left bank of the river Jordan, shown as a little flat stream flowing towards us. They are holding the clothes of the person being baptized, who is clad only in a loincloth. Christ is standing in water up to his ankles. St John the Baptist, in a fur robe, is gathering up his cloak and stepping carefully on to a stone to baptize Christ. This fresco, because of its poorer quality, is frequently attributed to assistants from Ghirlandaio's workshop. It is a loose copy of the famous panel painting which Verrocchio painted with the help of his assistant Leonardo da Vinci. Ghirlandaio added the two praying angels on the right of his composition, and these, together with the corresponding figures on the other side of the river, form a compositional frame for the work.. This assumption that clear symmetrical balance is important shows that the artist was still rather conservative. Artist: GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Painting Title: Baptism of Christ , 1451-1500 Painting Style: Italian , , religious
Painting ID:: 63006
1502-05 Marble, 282 and 260 cm with bases Baptistry, Florence This group is located over the east entrance of the Baptistry. Artist: SANSOVINO, Andrea Painting Title: Baptism of Christ , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Italian , sculpture Type: religious
Painting ID:: 63092
1482 Fresco, 335 x 540 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican The fresco is from the cycle of the life of Christ in the Sistine Chapel. It was painted by Perugino and Pinturicchio, the latter being probably responsible for the landscape and minor scenes. The paintings were to be read in pairs, one from the left and one from the right. Thus the Baptism of Christ faces the Circumcision of Moses' son by Perugino and Pinturicchio. A comparison of the pairs of scenes shows clearly that the principal concern was to show how the new religion of Christ was deeper and more spiritual than the Jewish religion. Thus the pair of frescoes showing the Baptism and the Circumcision emphasize how baptism - prefigured, according to Augustine and many of the Fathers of Church, by circumcision - represents a "spiritual circumcision."Artist:PERUGINO, Pietro Title: Baptism of Christ Painted in 1451-1500 , Italian - - painting : religious
Painting ID:: 63529
Date from 1470(1470) until 1475(1475)
Medium Oil and tempera on panel
Dimensions Width: 152 cm (59.84 in). Height: 180 cm (70.87 in).
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Painting ID:: 73914
Baptism of Christ
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1485-1524 1510-1515
Medium English: Oil on wood
Dimensions 59.7 x 76.3 cm (23.5 x 30 in)
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Painting ID:: 83478
Baptism of Christ
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1485-1524 Date first half of 16th century
Medium Oil on oak
Dimensions Height: 59.5 cm (23.4 in). Width: 77 cm (30.3 in).
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Painting ID:: 84554
