Minneapolis Institute of Art

Baptism of Christ

Domenico Tiepolo

Date

18th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink and gray wash

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Some of Domenico Tiepolo’s drawings series dealt with specifically identifiable subjects, including the baptism of Jesus Christ. Though the story of John baptizing Jesus appears in three of the New Testament gospels, the details of the accounts are scant, leaving artists great latitude in depicting this event. Domenico responded by drawing many different versions, usually crowded with onlookers as here. There are so many such drawings that they do not seem to have been made in preparation for specific paintings; rather they were exercises for the artist. Italy, Europe

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