Baptism of Jesus.
 Scott, Lorenzo

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Title:Baptism of Jesus
Notes:This piece illustrates a scene from the New Testament in which Jesus was baptized. Lorenzo Scott painted Saint John and one of the angels as black people, linking the faith of his community to John’s mission to “prepare the way for the Lord.”
Date:1987
Artist:Scott, Lorenzo
Building:Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object/Function:Painting
City/Town:Washington
State:DC
Country:United States

Scripture:Matthew 3:13-17
Mark 1:4-11
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
Luke 3:7-18
Luke 22:14-23:56
Person as Subject:Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
John, the Baptist (Biblical figure)
Lectionary links:AEpip01
BEpip01
CEpip01
BDiv
AAdvt04
ARess
CAdvt03
CRess
General Subject:Baptism of Christ
Angels
Culture: African American
Culture: Black

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Attribution:Scott, Lorenzo. Baptism of Jesus, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56877 [retrieved March 29, 2024]. Original source: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/baptism-jesus-33953.
Record Number:56877 Last Updated: 2021-11-15 14:48:20 Record Created: 2019-04-16 12:24:09
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition