Year 1492 Artist Cima da Conegliano Period High Renaissance Subject Baptism of Jesus | Medium Oil on panel Created 1492 Genre Christian art | |
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Dimensions 350 cm × 210 cm (140 in × 83 in) Location San Giovanni in Bragora, Venice Similar High Renaissance artwork, Christian art | ||
Baptsm of Christ is a painting by Italian Renaissance painter Cima da Conegliano, dating from 1492. It is housed in the church of San Giovanni in Bragora in Venice.
Description
The painting portrays Christ at the center of the scene, standing with joined hands. His attitude is that of humble submission to baptism, which is being given him by St. John the Baptist, who appears on the right.
At the left are three angels with Christ's garments, in red and blue colors, which he will use after the baptism. The scene is completed by an angelic choir in the sky, and a generic oriental city on a spur in the left, behind the angels, while another one is visible in the far background.
References
Baptism of Christ (Cima da Conegliano) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA