Where Is The Baptism Of Christ Painting Located
177 cm 151 cm 70 in 59 in location.
Where is the baptism of christ painting located. The painting was completed by verrochio in collaboration with his apprentice leonardo da vinci who painted and finished the details of some parts of the painting particularly the angel. The baptism of christ is a painting by the italian renaissance master piero della francesca. The baptism of christ is a painting finished around 1475 in the studio of the italian renaissance painter andrea del verrocchio and generally ascribed to him and his pupil leonardo da vinci. Painted in egg tempera on two panels of poplar wood the dating is controversial some give it a very early date perhaps 1439.
In 1730 it was taken to another vallombrosan monastery in florence santa verdiana and from there it joined the florentine galleries in 1810. Andrea del verrocchio was a sculptor goldsmith and painter who ran a large and successful workshop in florence in the second half of the 15th century. The painting is housed in the uffizi gallery in florence. It is held by the national gallery london.
In the uffizi since 1919. The image unfolds upward the proportions of the figures are elongated. The baptism of christ is a famous painting made by leonardo da vincis master andrea del verrochio at circa 1472 in his studio in italy. The painting the baptism of christ like other works of this period located outside of spain creates a dazzling impression of the enlightened joy of visions.