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image of The Baptism of Christ
Paris Bordone (artist)
Italian, 1500 - 1571
The Baptism of Christ, c. 1535/1540
oil on canvas
Overall: 129.5 x 132 cm (51 x 51 15/16 in.) framed: 177 x 178.8 x 10.2 cm (69 11/16 x 70 3/8 x 4 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.5
From the Tour: Titian and the Late Renaissance in Venice
Object 6 of 7

1916Widener 1916, unpaginated, repro., as The Baptism of Our Lord.
1923Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923 (unpaginated) unpaginated, repro., as The Baptism of Our Lord.
1931Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 42, repro., as The Baptism of Our Lord.
1942Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 5.
1948Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 22, repro.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 308, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 16
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 9, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 36, repro.
1979Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:77-78, II:pl. 50
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 219, no. 270, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 54, repro.

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