The Baptism of Christ
The Baptism of Christ
Artist
Spiridon Chrysoloras
(Greek, active ca. 1550)
Place of OriginGreece
Dateabout 1550
DimensionsH: 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm); W: 24 1/8 in. (61.2 cm)
MediumTempera on wood panel
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1948.74
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 19
Muratoff, Paul, The Charles Seltman Collection of Byzantine Paintings, Paris, 1939. (according to documentary file, never published)
Talbot Rice, David and Tamara, Icons and Their History, Woodstock, NY, 1974, p. 184, no. 57 (cf. by Michael Damaskenos).
Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, p. 389, repr.
Exhibition HistoryCourtauld Institute of Art, Exhibition of Byzantine and Greek Painting, January 1933, no. 10.Burlington House, London, Greek Arts, 1946, no. 354, repr. pl. 91 & pl. 92.
about 1275-1285
Probably 16th century
Probably mid-17th century
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