Baptism of Christ

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Currently on long-term loan in the Museu de Lleida: diocesà i comarcal
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Pedro García de Benabarre
Documented in Zaragoza, Benabarre, Barcelona, Lleida and Barbastro, 1445-1485
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Museum tags: 
Medieval Gothic Art
Pedro García de Benabarre
Tempera on wood
Religion
Painting
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Description:

The precursor appears baptizing Christ, immersed in the river Jordan, while two angels on the riverbank hold his tunic. In the top part of the composition, God the Father, accompanied by two angels and the dove of the Holy Ghost, blesses Jesus, creating a clear image of the Holy Trinity.

Works of the set.

 

Saint Michael Archangel, Pedro García de Benabarre, 1455-1480. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston).

Medieval Gothic Art

Painting

Circa 1473-1482

193.2 x 130.5 cm

Muntadas collection, purchased 1956

Inventory number: 

064048-000

Tempera on wood
Century: 15th
Subject: Religion
Compartment of an altarpiece dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. The museum keeps five more panels from the same work. Another panel with Saint Michael is kept at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston) and the whereabouts of other pieces is unknown. From the parish church of Sant Joan del Mercat de Lleida.
Pere Garcia de Benavarri - Baptisme de Crist - Cap a 1473-1482
Baptisme de Crist
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