# The Baptism of Christ

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## Artwork

- Artist: [JUAN DE FLANDES](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on panel, 186 x 111 cm

## Commentary

Trained in Ghent and Bruges, Juan de Flandes went to Spain to work in the service of Queen Isabella of Castile. His Flemish mode of painting gradually become less linear under the influence of Italian art, eventually taking on a style which used soft lyrical forms in a manner very similar to that of Gerard David.

## Related artworks

- [Capture of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/capture-of-christ-r7941f4be6ccee4>)
- [Carrying the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/carrying-the-cross-re92c2ea09ea4b5>)
- [Christ and the Canaanite Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/christ-and-the-canaanite-woman-raa7840c36ed29a>)
- [Christ and the Woman of Samaria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/christ-and-the-woman-of-samaria-rc63042dd5c9dcb>)
- [Christ Appearing to His Mother](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/christ-appearing-to-his-mother-rce2091592148a0>)
- [Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/christ-appearing-to-mary-magdalen-raf577a6cfa99ff>)
- [Christ Nailed to the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/christ-nailed-to-the-cross-r686350ca6cfb91>)
- [Herodias&#39; Revenge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/herodias-revenge-rf63c087c96c1dd>)
- [Pentecost](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/pentecost-rdc6acc96420221>)
- [Portrait of an Infanta](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/portrait-of-an-infanta-r82e49f0cc34227>)
- [Portrait of Joan the Mad](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/portrait-of-joan-the-mad-r578767589bbc66>)
- [Portrait of Philip the Handsome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/juan-de-flandes-rdd1efa50fa0e78/portrait-of-philip-the-handsome-rde4e7cb90dff72>)

## Attribution

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