The Baptism of Christ

The Baptism of Christ. Public Domain ClipArt Stock Photos and Images. Date: circa 1710. Medium: oil on canvas. Dimensions: 48.3 × 37.1 cm Current location: The Fitzwilliam Museum Link back to Institution, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Accession number: Accession Number 633.

In the foreground of a hilly landscape, Christ is baptised by St. John, amid a circle of onlookers. The two figures are brilliantly lit by rays from the disk high above, against general darkness. (Text from the Fitzwilliam Museum catalogue, by H. Gerson and J.W. Goodison); Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Aert de Gelder (1645–1727) Dutch painter and draughtsman. Date of birth / death. October 26, 1645 - August 29, 1727 (buried) Location of birth / death, Dordrecht / Dordrecht. Work period from 1659 until 1727. Work location: Dordrecht (1659–1660), Amsterdam circa 1661–1663), Dordrecht (circa 1663–1727).

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In the foreground of a hilly landscape, Christ is baptised by St. John, amid a circle of onlookers. The two figures are brilliantly lit by rays from the disk high above, against general darkness.