The Baptism of Christ by Jan Van Scorel, Mark 1:1-13, Bible.Gallery
The Baptism of Christ created
approximately
1527
nad was completed in 1530
Its dimension is 156cm wide and
120cm high
and it was drawn with oil on panel style.
Artwork Description
Christ being baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist. The Holy Ghost appears in the form of a radiant dove. For this painting Van Scorel drew on elements from works by Raphael and other Italian Renaissance artists. He had travelled in Italy.
The picture is a superior example of the assimilation of the new Italian conception in Netherlandish painting. In it several motives, functionally quite distinct, are brought together, and they are brought together as they should be: within a clear, realistic space, and answering to aesthetic requirements developed in Renaissance art theory, such as grace and visual variety.
Artist : Jan Van Scorel