Baptism of Christ (El Greco, Heraklion)
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Artist | El Greco |
Year | c. 1567-1569 |
Medium | egg tempera and oil on wood |
Dimensions | 23.5 cm × 18.1 cm (9.3 in × 7.1 in)[1] |
Location | Historical Museum of Crete, Heraklion[2] |
Baptism of Christ is a 1567-1569 painting by El Greco. It is now in the Historical Museum of Crete in Heraklion.[2]
The painting closely resembles El Greco's The Baptism of Christ panel of his Modena Triptych (1568).[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Doménikos Theotokópoulos, el Greco (Candia, Crete 1541-1614 Toledo)". Christie's. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ a b Casper, Andrew R. (2012). "El Greco's Heraklion "Baptism of Christ": Reconsidering Dates, Signatures, and the "Madonneri"". Notes in the History of Art. 31 (2): 10–14. doi:10.1086/sou.31.2.23208930. ISSN 0737-4453. JSTOR 23208930. S2CID 191396783 – via JSTOR.
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