A nude man, Jesus, stands with hands together in prayer, hip-deep in a stylized river with a bearded man wearing a fur-like garment on a rocky bank to one side and two winged angels on the other, all against a gleaming gold background in this vertical painting. Another bearded man wearing a white robe floats in a blue field at the top center of the panel. All the people have pale skin, brown hair, and gold halos encircle their heads. At the center of the painting, Jesus’s body is angled to our left, and he tips his head the same direction. Jesus has shoulder-length hair and a trimmed beard.…
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The Baptism of Christ

painter Giovanni Baronzio (Italian, active c. 1320 - 1350)

c. 1335

Medium
tempera on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 46.3 × 49 cm (18 1/4 × 19 5/16 in.) ; overall (original panel): 48.8 × 41.2 cm (19 3/16 × 16 1/4 in.) ; overall (including added strips): 49.6 × 42 cm (19 1/2 × 16 9/16 in.) ; framed: 56 x 48.6 x 4.6 cm (22 1/16 x 19 1/8…
Culture
Rimini
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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