BAPTISM OF CHRIST

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Icon Room

About this object

Christ stands naked in the River Jordan which flows through the center of a mountainous and verdant landscape. Above His head is the dove of the Holy Ghost and above that God Savaoth in a ring of puffy clouds. St. John the Baptist stands on the shore to Christ's right, dressed in animal skins covered by a green? hymation, a scroll clutched in his left hand while his right is placed on Christ's head. On the opposite bank three archangels bow down, their hands covered in reverence. In the upper left is the Temptation of Christ by Satan and in the upper right the Assembly of St. John the Baptist (John 3: 26). A shallow carved luzga separates the kovcheg from the off-white polia with its double red and yellow filenka.

Object name:

BAPTISM OF CHRIST

Made from:

Tempera on wood

Made in:

Palekh, Russia

Date made:

19th c.

Size:

31.3 × 26.8 cm (12 5/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

54.64

Class:

ICON

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTION; LABEL on recto: each of the figures halos is inscribed on verso: "Loan 40.1963 (Rosso)" (on label); "66.430 Russia" (in pencil); "BOGOIAVLENIE" (in OCS script in pencil on the p. right side)

Credit line:

Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1965