Nicolas Poussin

The Baptism of Christ



Nicolas Poussin - The Baptism of Christ



Nicolas Poussin
The Baptism of Christ
1641/42
95.5 x 121 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection


Literature


Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 417
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 83


Iconclass


73C121 Baptism of Christ in the river Jordan: John the Baptist pouring out water on Christ's head: the Holy Ghost descends

External links


National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1946.7.14

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