Masaccio 1401 – 1428
The Baptism of the Neophytes
fresco (255 × 162 cm) — 1425
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
This work is linked to Acts 2:38
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Acts 2 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto th
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Shivering the Neophytes await baptism by Peter. Masaccio depicts their bodies with great skill and much attention for facial expressions. The two spectators on the left are possibly members of the Brancacci family, the owners of the chapel.
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