# The Baptism of the Crowds

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BALDI, Lazzaro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baldi-lazzaro-r2a2fe6ab20eaa2>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 83 x 133 cm

## Commentary

As an artist almost exclusively devoted to the largeness of altar paintings \(and frescoes\), Lazzaro Baldi only rarely worked with small formats. The present painting represents one of the few examples. It is largely indebted to the mature Pietro da Cortona

## Related artworks

- [Joseph and Potiphar&#39;s Wife](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baldi-lazzaro-r2a2fe6ab20eaa2/joseph-and-potiphars-wife-r1d56552e98724a>)

## Attribution

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