The Baptism of Christ
Nicolas Poussin · 1641/1642 · oil on canvas
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About this picture
The Baptism of Christ is a public-domain painting by Nicolas Poussin, dated 1641/1642. Oil on canvas. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Baptism of Christ” (1641/1642) is ordered the way Poussin ordered a picture: a few figures, a clear interval between them, and a landscape that stays behind the story.
About the artist
Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) was a French painter working in Rome. His landscapes and history pictures are built on a few clear figures and a measured space.
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