# Baptism of Christ

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GREBBER, Pieter de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 235 x 155 cm

## Commentary

De Grebber&#39;s full length composition featuring the Baptism of Christ concentrates exclusively on the story&#39;s principal protagonists, eliminating the febrile animation and artifice, the squirming and twisted gestures, even the ancillary witnesses and much of the setting, present in earlier depictions of the subject by Romanist or Mannerist artists. This composition focuses on Christ and St John and confers on them a monumental, classical repose.

## Related artworks

- [Christ and the Woman of Samaria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/christ-and-the-woman-of-samaria-r6b894ffa377d90>)
- [Elisha Refusing Gifts from Naaman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/elisha-refusing-gifts-from-naaman-re91b5aba14fce6>)
- [Finding of Moses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/finding-of-moses-ra3d99141987320>)
- [God Inviting Christ to Sit on the Throne at His Right Hand](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/god-inviting-christ-to-sit-on-the-throne-at-his-right-hand-r0fce4d5e60bd26>)
- [King David in Prayer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/king-david-in-prayer-rd84bf0fb1b6d1c>)
- [Moses Striking the Rock](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/moses-striking-the-rock-r557c42bcc44055>)
- [Mother and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/mother-and-child-r84c5e39a54a617>)
- [Musical Trio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/musical-trio-r3e902f3f823cea>)
- [Musicians](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/musicians-r42dadc4cee9423>)
- [Portrait of a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/portrait-of-a-woman-r92d03e4f5394eb>)
- [Portrait of a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/portrait-of-a-woman-r9ced19fb5ecdd4>)
- [Portrait of a Youth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grebber-pieter-de-r25541e25da385c/portrait-of-a-youth-r516c5d631a0108>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)