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The Baptism of Christ
c. 1740 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington
For the Baptism of the Lord
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A small white figure stands in a river gone to white horses, and over His head hangs a golden star. Christ bows; John lifts his arm above Him; winged figures wait on the bank with a cloth. "And it came to pass, in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in Jordan." Howard Oakley finds Alessandro Magnasco's version unique in setting the Baptism in a storm, and notes the star where a halo should be; the white is what makes Christ prominent despite His small size. Peter Lukehart, in the National Gallery of Art's catalogue, sees the landscape laid in with thick swaths and random strokes, and pairs it with Christ at the Sea of Galilee, its pendant since at least the 1920s. Everything is moving except the Man in the river.
Sources: Howard Oakley, 'The Story in Paintings: Alessandro Magnasco, a maverick', The Eclectic Light Company, 10 April 2016. · Peter Lukehart, 'Alessandro Magnasco', in De Grazia and Garberson, Italian Paintings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (NGA Systematic Catalogue, 1996), pp. 177-188. · National Gallery of Art, artist page, Alessandro Magnasco. · Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Kress Collection record, 'The Baptism of Christ', K1191.
And it came to pass, in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in Jordan.
Mark 1:9 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)