# The Baptism of Christ, in Renaissance

Perugino painted this in 1500–05, aged about 50. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> Christ stands in the river Jordan as John the Baptist pours water over his head, with angels in attendance and a serene landscape of feathery trees stretching into the distance.

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## The work

- Date: 1500–05
- Medium: Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas
- Dimensions: 27.3 × 46.4 cm (10 3/4 × 18 1/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.1023
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Perugino](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/perugino), Italian, c. 1450/55–1523

Pietro Vannucci took the name Perugino from Perugia, the chief city of his native Umbria, and trained in Florence, probably alongside Leonardo in Verrocchio’s studio.

5 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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