# Baptism of Christ

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BACCHIACCA](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on poplar panel, 58 x 41 cm

## Commentary

This representation of Baptism is a fine example from Bacchiacca&#39;s early maturity. Though still influenced at this time by Perugino, his master, this painting demonstrates the increasing individuality of the young Florentine, particularly in its use of colour which lends the overall effect a freshness that to the contemporary spectator must have seemed overtly modern.

## Related artworks

- [Baptism of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/baptism-of-christ-r768ac490cb71d5>)
- [Baptism of Christ with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/baptism-of-christ-with-saints-ra5621ab5a43815>)
- [Deposition](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/deposition-r33ca3115188674>)
- [Madonna with Child, St Elisabeth and the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/madonna-with-child-st-elisabeth-and-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r4609c1cc1fb687>)
- [Medici genealogy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/medici-genealogy-rd867aa2083a39c>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: Joseph Sold by His Brethren](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-joseph-sold-by-his-brethren-rf3fb24d3277e6b>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Arrest of His Brethren \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-arrest-of-his-brethren-detail-r99745ac4ecd192>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Arrest of His Brethren](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-arrest-of-his-brethren-r0273885cdc3355>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Discovery of the Stolen Cup \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-discovery-of-the-stolen-cup-detail-rf9eab5287d4c70>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Discovery of the Stolen Cup](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-discovery-of-the-stolen-cup-rf69d8e31e8490c>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Search for the Cup \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-search-for-the-cup-detail-r7386fa0c80f3fb>)
- [Scenes from the Story of Joseph: The Search for the Cup](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bacchiacca-r738d7b6651177e/scenes-from-the-story-of-joseph-the-search-for-the-cup-r16b785e4479f6c>)

## Attribution

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