The Baptism of Christ (세례받으시는 예수님)

 

 

(막 1:9)

○그 때에 예수께서 갈릴리 나사렛으로부터 와서 요단 강에서 요한에게 2)세례를 받으시고

 

 

Anonymous

The Baptism of Christ

oil and tempera on panel (37 × 26 cm) — c. 1380

  Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

 

This work is linked to Mark 1:9

Please scroll down to read more information about this work.

 

John baptises Jesus with water from the river Jordan. As usual, John is dressed in his camel hair robe. Jesus is standing in the river, with water up to his waist. An angel holds his robe. From heaven God sends a beam of light and a white pigeon. In order to make sure the viewer identifies it as a river and not as a path in the forest, a number of fish are swimming in the water. The unknown maker of this panel knew little of perspective. But the panel, and the polyptych it is part of, are of importance to the history of art. It is one of the first known works where oil paint is applied, even before the Flemish primitives made fame with that paint. The translucent qualities of oil paint can be seen in the river. Apart from oil and tempera, the artist also used gold leaf. This polyptych with four panels is an example of early Netherlandish art. It is presumed to be made in the region around Maastricht and Cologne. The patron is thought to be Philip the Bold, then duke of Burgundy. one of the wings and of the two central panels are in Baltimore, the others are in Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp. Left wing (Baltimore): Annunciation (front) and Baptism of Jesus (back). Left central panel (Antwerp): Birth of Jesus. Right central panel (Baltimore): Crucifixion. Right wing (Antwerpen): Resurrection (front) and St. Christopher (back).

Click on the image below to toggle between closed and opened states.

 

 

 

 

Domenico Ghirlandaio 1449 – 1494

Baptism of Jesus

fresco — 1486-1490 Santa Maria Novella, Florence

 

This work is linked to Mark 1:9

 

This fresco is part of the series Ghirlandaio made in the Tornabuoni family chapel in the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. All works in this series are about the life of John the Baptist.

• The Angel appears to Zacharias
• The visitation
• Birth of the Baptist
• Zacharias writes John's Name
• The Preaching of the Baptist

• John Baptises Jesus
• Herod's Banquet

 

 

 

 

Pietro Perugino 1450 – 1523

The Baptism of Christ

fresco (335 × 540 cm) — c. 1482

Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

 

This work is linked to Mark 1:9

 

from left to right this is the first fresco on the northern wall of the Sistine Chapel. Perugino here worked with Pinturicchio. It is assumed that the latter is responsible for the landscape in the background.

Actually two scenes are depicted: to the right, John the Baptist is seen preaching.

On the opposite wall Perugino painted the scene with the circumcision of Moses' son. Baptism and circumcision are both initiation rituals. Perhaps someone wanted to suggest a contraposition: the spiritual christian belief versus the blood-drenched jewish.

 

 

 

 

 

Jan van Scorel 1495 – 1562

The Baptism of Christ

oil on panel (120 × 156 cm) — c. 1527-1530

Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Jan van Scorel biography

 

This work is linked to Mark 1:9

 

Jesus is baptised in the river Jordan by John the Baptist, who as usual is dressed in a cloth of camel's hair. To the right of the tree are a pigeon and a beam of light: the signs of the presence of the Holy Spirit who descended on Jesus. Three bystanders look up, surprised by the light.

In the background right is another scene. It shows the Baptist preaching. Jesus leaves the scene and is followed by his first two disciples.

Van Scorel had returned from Italy a few years before he made this panel. The influence of Italian masters such as Michelangelo and Raphael is clearly visible in the muscular and graceful figures.

The Baptist and the curved tree form a triangle that puts the focus on John's hand hovering over Jesus' head.

 

 

 

 

Paolo Veronese 1528 – 1588

The Baptism of Jesus

oil on canvas Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Paolo Veronese biography

 

This work is linked to Mark 1:9

 

A shivering Jesus kneels as he is being baptised by John the Baptist. The painting focuses on the Holy Spirit, depicted as a radiant pigeon.

The painting probably dates from the 1570's.

 

 

 

 

Andrea del Verrocchio 1435 – 1488

The Baptism of Christ

oil on panel (177 × 151 cm) — ca. 1472 - 1475

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Andrea del Verrocchio biography

 

This work is linked to Mark 1:9

John the Baptist pours water over the head of Jesus, baptizing him. The beams of light and the white dove symbolize Jesus' divinity.

The painting is known for the fact that one of the angels holding Jesus' clothes, the left one, was painted not by the master himself, but by a student of Verrochio's – the young Leonardo da Vinci.

 

 

 

 

(마 3:16)

예수께서 1)세례를 받으시고 곧 물에서 올라오실새 하늘이 2)열리고 하나님의 성령이 비둘기 같이 내려 자기 위에 임하심을 보시더니 막1:10

(마 3:17)

하늘로부터 소리가 있어 말씀하시되 이는 내 사랑하는 아들이요 내 기뻐하는 자라 하시니라

 

 

 

 

Nicolas Poussin 1593/94 – 1665

Seven sacraments: baptism

oil on canvas (95 × 121 cm) — 1641-42

  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Nicolas Poussin biography

 

This work is linked to Matthew 3:17

 

As John pours water over Jesus' head, a voice from Heaven is heard: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

The dove symbolises the Holy Spirit, which at that moment descends on Jesus.

This painting is from Poussin's series on the Seven Sacraments. Another painting shows the Ordination.