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Helical staircase
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Portable tabernacle with the Pietà, scenes of saints and martyrs
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Baptism of Christ

Domínikos Theotokópoulos, detto El Greco

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Barberini Palace

Via delle Quattro Fontane, 13 , Rome

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The Baptism of Christ can be read in parallel with the other painting in the collection, the Adoration of the Shepherds, both made as sketches for a monumental work consisting of several canvases and intended for a Madrid church. El Greco took advantage of the vertical format to give an ascending impetus to the compositions: if for the depictions of Baptism it is quite common to set the scene on the vertical, to highlight the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus, this modality is, however, decidedly unusual. for the Adoration of the shepherds. In the two paintings, El Greco has organized the space by dividing it in half: below the material world, above the otherworldly reality, united by an almost silver light, the divine light, emanating from God in Baptism, from the angelic hosts and from the Child in the 'Adoration. The two canvases show, in the compositional freedom of the scenes, in the choice of colors and in the skilful lighting direction, how much for El Greco, even after his transfer to Spain, the experience of Venetian painting, in particular of Tintoretto, was central and fruitful
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Title: Baptism of Christ

Author: Domínikos Theotokópoulos, detto El Greco

Date: 1596-1600

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Barberini Palace

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