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The Baptism of Christ

Sebastiano Ricci

ca. 1713–14

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

Angels Men Women Baptism of Christ Saint John the Baptist

Dimensions

26 x 40 in. (66 x 101.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Rogers and Gwynne Andrews Funds, and Gift of Jane L. Melville, by exchange, 1981

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Sebastiano Ricci

1659–1734 • Republic of Venice

Italian painter and draftsman. Comment on works: Religious; Mythology

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