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DiaporamaThe Baptism of Christ
1590
192.0 x 160.0 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
jacopo bassano the elder (1510 – 1592)
Jacopo Bassano (c. 1510-1592) was a key Venetian Renaissance painter known for vibrant religious scenes, landscapes & genre paintings. Explore his unique style blending sacred themes with rustic life and influence on his artist sons.
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This extraordinary altarpiece—deeply expressive and almost unique in showing the baptism of Christ as a noc-turne—is the last known work by Bassano. The great Venetian painter left it unfinished at his death in 1592, and his heirs retained it for more than a century. To some eyes, the painting’s unfinished (non finito) style seems a crucial step toward modernism, to be compared with, for example, Goya’s “black paintings.” Bassano interprets the baptism of Christ not as a sunny event in a pastoral landscape, but as the tragic opening of his Passion.
About this artwork
- Title: The Baptism of Christ
- Artist: jacopo bassano the elder
- Year: 1590
- Original dimensions: 192.0 x 160.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Color hue: Amber to Saffron
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow
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