Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Baptism of the People
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Baptism of the People
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Alternate Title:
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Baptism of the Multitude
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Image View:
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Detail, lower bodies of man awaiting baptism and John (right)
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Creator:
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Andrea del Sarto (Italian painter, 1486-1530)
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Location:
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repository: Chiostro dello Scalzo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via Camillo Benso Cavour, 69
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GPS:
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+43.779619+11.259464
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Date:
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1517 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); grisaille
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Measurements:
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194 cm (height, approx., each panel) x 201 cm (width, approx., each panel)
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Relation Work:
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partOf Cloister of the Scalzo Fresco Cycle
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Description:
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This panel is on the west wall and is the eight scene in chronological order; Del Sarto painted it fifth, after some work on the north wall. John used baptism as the central sacrament of his messianic movement. Most scholars agree that John baptized Jesus. Scholars generally believe Jesus was a follower or disciple of John and several New Testament accounts report that some of Jesus' early followers had previously been followers of John. According to the New Testament, John anticipated a messianic figure greater than himself. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-SARTO-CS-S8-A06
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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