The Baptism of Christ
This panel was the central section of a polyptych. It may be one of Piero's earliest extant works. Side panels and a predella were painted in the early 1460s, byMatteo di Giovanni (active 1452; died 1495). The altarpiece was in the chapel ofSaint John the Baptist in the Camaldolese abbey (now cathedral) of Piero's native town, Borgo Sansepolcro. The town, visible in the distance to the left of Christ, may be meant for Borgo Sansepolcro: the landscape certainly evokes the local area. The dove symbolises the Holy Spirit. It is foreshortened to form a shape like the clouds. God the Father, the third member of the Trinity, may originally have been represented in a roundel above this panel.
COMMENTI
LE OPERE
Il Battesimo di Cristo
1450 | Tempera su tavola | 116 x 167 cm.
Il sonno di Costantino
Affresco
Pala di Brera o Pala Montefeltro
Tempera su tavola
San Nicola da Tolentino
1454 | Tecnica mista
Ritratto dei Duchi di Urbino
1465 | Olio su tavola | 47 x 33 cm.
Flagellazione di Cristo
1460 | Tempera su tavola | 58 x 81 cm.
Madonna del Parto
1455 | Affreschi | 260 x 203 cm.
La Vergine con il Bambino e i Santi
1469 | Tecnica mista | 170 x 248 cm.
Polittico della Madonna della Misericordia
1445 | Olio su tavola | 330 x 273 cm.
Ritratto di Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
1451 | Tecnica mista | 34 x 44 cm.
La Crocifissione
1454 | Tempera su tavola | 41 x 37 cm.
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