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The Baptism of Christ by Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin, The Baptism of Christ, 1641/1642, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection 1946.7.14

 

Poussin illustrates the sacrament of baptism in another idealized landscape. The proportions of the figures are robust and the composition is balanced, despite the figures’ complex poses.



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