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Baptism of Christ (Bellini)

Baptism of Christ is a tempera painting on panel by Giovanni Bellini, dating to 1500-1502, and now located in the Chiesa di Santa Corona in Vicenza. It is signed IOANNES / BELLINVS on a rock in the lower left.

Description and style The work is among the first produced by the artist to show an immersive tranquility of the figures in the space that surrounds them, across the light and atmosphere. These elements suggest that the painter was possibly helped by a young Giorgione, or perhaps another student close to Bellini, at least according to the information provided by Vasari.

The painting depicts the baptism of Christ in a fairly traditional composition, with Jesus at the center turned to...

c. 1500
Oil on canvas
400.0 x 263.0cm
Q3220282
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