Nicolas Poussin French, 1594 - 1665 The Baptism of Christ, 1641/1642 oil on canvas Overall: 95.5 x 121 cm (37 5/8 x 47 5/8 in.) framed: 123.8 x 149.9 x 14 cm (48 3/4 x 59 x 5 1/2 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1946.7.14

From the Tour: Seventeenth-Century French Painting
Object 7 of 8

Exhibition History

1938

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938, no. 318, repro.

1946

Recent Additions to the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 786.

1981

Poussin: Sacraments and Bacchanals. Paintings and Drawings on Sacred and Profane Themes by Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1981, no. 37.

1994

Nicolas Poussin, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1994-1995, no. 69 (Paris) and no. 44 (London), repro.

2000

L'Idea del Bello. Viaggio per Roma nel Seicento con Giovan Pietro Bellori, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 2000, no. 37, repro.

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