| Title: | Baptism of Christ |
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| Notes: | Andrea del Verrocchio was an Italian artist and master of a workshop in Florence. One of his pupils, the famous Leonardo da Vinci, is believed to have helped on this piece, Baptism of Christ. This painting portrays John the Baptist on the banks of the Jordan River, baptizing a haloed Jesus. Two angels kneel in front of a palm tree while John pours the cleansing water on Jesus’ head. John holds a staff and a scroll that reads, “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” God’s hands reach down from the opened heavens as a dove and rays of light reveal Jesus’ divinity. |
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| Date: | 1470-1475 |
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| Artist: | Verrocchio, Andrea del, 1435?-1488 and Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 |
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| Building: | Uffizi Gallery
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| Object/Function: | Painting |
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| City/Town: | Florence
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| Country: | Italy
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| Scripture: | Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Matthew 3:13-17
Mark 1:4-11
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| Lectionary links: | CEpip01
AEpip01
BEpip01
BLent01
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| General Subject: | Baptism of Christ
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| Copyright Source: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verrocchio,_Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Battesimo_di_Cristo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg |
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| Copyright Permission: | Please visit the URL in the Copyright Source field on this page for details about reusing this image. |
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| Attribution: | Verrocchio, Andrea del, 1435?-1488 and Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Baptism of Christ, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56067 [retrieved April 25, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verrocchio,_Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Battesimo_di_Cristo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 56067
Last Updated: 2022-04-28 14:29:55
Record Created: 2015-12-18 09:47:09 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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