Fine Art

The Baptism of Christ — History & Facts

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Horace W. Brock in memory of his parents, Hope and Horace Brock

More Artworks by Sebastiano Ricci

A Bacchanal by Sebastiano Ricci, oil on canvas depicting figures in joyful celebration.

A Bacchanal

Sebastiano Ricci

The Continence of Scipio, oil on canvas by Sebastiano Ricci

The Continence of Scipio

Sebastiano Ricci

The Baptism of Christ by Sebastiano Ricci, oil on canvas depicting a baptism with divine light.

The Baptism of Christ

Sebastiano Ricci

A capriccio with figures conversing by classical ruins, oil on canvas by Sebastiano Ricci

A capriccio with figures conversing by classical ruins

Sebastiano Ricci

Memorial to Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell by Sebastiano Ricci, oil painting depicting a historical tribute.

Memorial to Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell

Sebastiano Ricci

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More Religious Art

A triptych showing a lush garden with nude figures and animals on the left, a vibrant central panel of nude humans and fantastical creatures, and a dark, fiery hellscape with tortured figures on the right.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch

Father embraces his son in an etching by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn

A young woman in a red dress and blue mantle sits on a rock with two children, one holding a small bird, set against a landscape of hills and trees.

Madonna of the Goldfinch

Raphael

Rembrandt's 'The Crucifixion' depicts a dramatic moment in a religious context.

The Crucifixion

Rembrandt van Rijn

Rubens' depiction of Christ on the Cross with Mary, Mary Magdalene, and St John in a moment of profound grief.

Christ on the Cross with Maria, Mary Magdalene and St John

Peter Paul Rubens

A muscular female figure in an orange robe twists her body holding a massive open book above her head, with a young attendant seated behind her.

Libyan Sibyl

Michelangelo

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