Altar of St. John. Weyden, Rogier van der, 1399 or 1400-1464 Click to enter image viewer Use the Save buttons below to save any of the available image sizes to your computer.
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Title:Altar of St. John
Notes:Rogier van der Weyden was a Netherlandish painter famous for his diptych portraits, religious triptychs, and altarpieces. In this altarpiece of St. John, the central panel displays the baptism of Jesus. At the top of the painting, God appears in red hues in the sky looking down upon the scene unfolding. A dove descends on Jesus as he stands fully frontal in the center of the piece in a stream of water. John stands to Jesus’ right, blessing him with his hand raised above Jesus’ head. An angel kneels to Jesus’ left, holding Christ’s garment. A curved inscription in Latin descends from God which reads, “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”
Date:ca. 1455
Artist:Weyden, Rogier van der, 1399 or 1400-1464
Building:Gemäldegalerie
Object/Function:Painting, panel
City/Town:Berlin
Country:Germany
Scripture:Matthew 3:13-17
Mark 1:4-11
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Person as Subject:John, the Baptist (Biblical figure)
Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
Lectionary links:AEpip01
BEpip01
CEpip01
AAdvt04
AAshW
General Subject:Baptism of Christ
Birth of John the Baptist
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Attribution:Weyden, Rogier van der, 1399 or 1400-1464. Altar of St. John, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57249 [retrieved April 27, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rogier_van_der_Weyden_-_The_Altar_of_St._John_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg.
Record Number:57249 Last Updated: 2022-04-28 14:31:42 Record Created: 2019-12-19 09:43:06
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition