# Baptism of Christ [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CIMA da Conegliano]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on panel, 350 x 210 cm ## Commentary This painting is considered Cima's masterpiece and provided a model for Giovanni <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bellini/giovanni/1500-09/167bapti.html'\)" href="/html/b/bellini/giovanni/1500-09/167bapti.html">Bellini's painting,</A> some years later, of the same subject for the church of Santa Corona in Vicenza. It was this painting that made Cima's reputation among painters and the general public in Venice. In the background, groups of easterners appear to be making their way to the City of God on horseback or on foot. John waits in readiness on the plain. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Coronation of the Virgin]() - [David and Jonathan]() - [Incredulity of St Thomas with Bishop Magno]() - [Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints]() - [Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna Enthroned with the Child]() - [Madonna of the Orange Tree \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()