Title: The Appearance of Christ to the People
Artist: Aleksandr Ivanov
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 540 x 750 cm
Date: 1857
Location: The Tretyakov Gallery,
John came baptizing in the desert region, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. People from the whole Judean countryside and even people of
In the foreground of the picture there is a number of male figures, some already undressed, waiting to be baptized in the
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (July 28, 1806 – July 15, 1858) was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries. He spent most of his life in
It took 20 years to complete The Appearance of Christ before the People (1837-57). Critical judgement about Ivanov improved in the following generation. Some of the numerous sketches he had prepared for The Appearance, most of them in oil, have been recognized as masterpieces in their own right.
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