The Baptism of Christ, Jacopo Bassano

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

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