# St Valentine Baptizing St Lucilla [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BASSANO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary St Valentine Baptizing St Lucilla c. 1575 Oil on canvas Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa An extraordinary burst of light bounces off the characters, casting silky reflections on the robes and making the gold glimmer. The painter produced this masterpiece when he was well into his middle age. It gives us tremendous insight into his enormously innovative power which fell between popular realism and magical effects. It is astounding to think Jacopo Bassano was able to produce paintings of this stature when he was so removed from the major centres of art. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Kings \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Kings]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Garden of Eden]() - [God speaks to Noah after the Flood]() - [Great Market \(detail\)]() - [Great Market]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()