Baptism of Our Lord

Iconography:  Baptism of Our Lord

Date: XV century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Pskov.

Origin: Before 1965 the icon was held in the Museum of History of Religion and Atheism, Leningrad.

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 131 cm, width 100,5 cm

A scene of the Baptism of Our Lord (the Epiphany) The naked, almost frontally standing figure of Christ’s with his head inclined towards John the Forerunner. To his right are roundish faces of the angels.

Inv. № 0155. © The Andrey Rublyov Museum of Medieval Russian Culture and Art

  • General view
  • Mullion, Christ’s figure
  • Fragment Mullionа, Half-length figure of Christ
  • Fragment Mullionа, Image of Christ
  • Two angels
  • First angel
  • Second angel
  • Third angel