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Dark painting of Christ's baptism: Christ in a white loincloth, a kneeling angel holding red cloth, John the Baptist raising his arm, and a dove above.

The Baptism of Christ

A dark, dramatic painting of the baptism of Christ. A bare-chested Christ in a white loincloth stands before a dim landscape while an angel in gold and red drapery kneels at left, holding a red cloth. John the Baptist, in green, raises his arm toward a dove in a night sky, and onlookers gather in shadow at left.

Artist
Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte)
Date
ca. 1590
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3143 × 3857 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1595).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mark Fisch and Rachel Davidson, 2012

Español: El bautismo de Cristo, Jacopo Bassano

Una pintura oscura y dramática del bautismo de Cristo. Un Cristo con el torso desnudo y un paño blanco en la cintura se encuentra ante un paisaje tenue, mientras un ángel con ropajes dorados y rojos se arrodilla a la izquierda sosteniendo una tela roja. Juan el Bautista, de verde, levanta el brazo hacia una paloma en el cielo nocturno, y varias figuras se reúnen en la sombra a la izquierda.

Português: O Batismo de Cristo, Jacopo Bassano

Uma pintura escura e dramática do batismo de Cristo. Um Cristo com o torso nu e um pano branco na cintura está diante de uma paisagem tênue, enquanto um anjo com vestes douradas e vermelhas se ajoelha à esquerda segurando um tecido vermelho. João Batista, de verde, ergue o braço em direção a uma pomba no céu noturno, e algumas figuras se reúnem na sombra à esquerda.

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