Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Baptism of Christ
Alternate Title:
Christ Receiving Baptism
Image View:
Detail, Jesus (left) receives baptism from John the Baptist (right)
Creator:
Francesco Mochi (Italian sculptor, 1580-1654)
Location:
repository: Museo di Roma (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo Braschi; Piazza Navona, 2 and Piazza San Pantaleo, 10
GPS:
41.897444 12.472861
Date:
ca. 1634-1650 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
315 cm (height)
Description:
Located in the Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi). Having ranked among Rome’s best sculptors in the early 1630s, Mochi was soon overshadowed by Bernini and Alessandro Algardi. During the last twenty years of his career Mochi had only five significant commissions, and two of these were withdrawn and awarded to Bernini and Algardi. The marble group of the Baptism (ca. 1634-1650) and his SS Peter and Paul (1638-1652) were both rejected by their patrons and subsequently installed in locations other than those for which they had been intended. These late 'expressionistic' works have generated more discussion than any other aspect of Mochi’s career. One interpretation suggests that they are reversions to Florentine Mannerism. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-MOCH-MOR-BC-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Baptism of Christ