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Saint John Baptizing the People
c. 1636–1637 · Oil on canvas · The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
For the Baptism of the Lord
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A man kneels on the bank and drags his shirt up over his head, ready for the water; Anthony Blunt, quoted in Apollo by Craig Burnett, traced that figure back to Piero della Francesca's Baptism. Saint John stands with his hand raised over a bowed head, and the rest wait their turn: mothers with small children, old men, a young man girding his cloth. Luke puts the people first: "Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened." The Getty describes them in antique costume, a balanced frieze framed by a tree on each side. Poussin painted it for Cassiano dal Pozzo, whose Paper Museum recorded antiquities and costume on some ten thousand sheets. The river is open to all of them.
Sources: J. Paul Getty Museum, object 71.PA.58 · J. Paul Getty Museum text, Google Arts & Culture partner page · Royal Collection Trust, 'The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo' · National Gallery, London, press release on acquiring Poussin's 'Eucharist' · Luke 3:21, New American Bible (Revised Edition), USCCB · Craig Burnett, 'Stripped back – how a figure freed up Poussin's painting', Apollo, 26 September 2022
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened.
Luke 3:21 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)