Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin)

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"Baptism" is a 17th-century religious painting by Nicolas Poussin depicting the Christian sacrament of baptism, created as part of his series on the Seven Sacraments.

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Label Occurrences
Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin) canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
religious painting
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalContext French Baroque classicism
artisticSchool Roman school
artistNationality French
basedOn Gospel accounts of the Baptism of Christ
New Testament
colorPalette muted tones
compositionStyle classical composition
countryOfOrigin France
creator Nicolas Poussin
depicts Christian sacrament of baptism
baptism
depictsEvent Baptism of Christ
depictsFigure God the Father
linked to: the Father

Holy Spirit as a dove
linked to: God the Holy Spirit

Jesus of Nazareth
linked to: Jesus

John the Baptist
depictsLocation Jordan River
depictsSacrament baptism
depictsSacramentNumber first sacrament of initiation
depictsSymbol Holy Spirit
linked to: God the Holy Spirit

water
genre religious art
hasInfluence Italian Renaissance art
classical antiquity
hasSeriesSubject Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church
hasType oil painting
iconographicType Baptism of Christ in the Jordan
linked to: Baptism of Christ
languageOfTitle French
Latin
mainSubject Holy Spirit
linked to: God the Holy Spirit

Jesus Christ
John the Baptist
movement Baroque
partOfSeries Seven Sacraments (series by Nicolas Poussin)
religion Christianity
seriesPosition one of the Seven Sacraments
subjectMatter Gospel narrative
life of Christ
theme Christian ritual
sacrament
salvation
spiritual rebirth
timePeriod 17th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Seven Sacraments hasPart Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
Confirmation (painting) relatedWork Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin)