I love the artwork. I am always interested in seeing the different interpretations, and today I notice that the Dutch are sure Jesus will be cold coming out of the water and so an angel is nearby to wrap him in a towel (or robe?) The Mexican artist thought Jesus would be chubby, and the Italian thinks the river (Jordan?) is barely a trickle where the baptism occurred. None of these are what comes to my mind when I read the baptism verses.
While the Baptism is the Sunday after Epiphany in the Catholic liturgical calendar (thus, the beginning of January), I'm going to guess that the 30-year-old Jesus was warm enough when he got dunked in the Jordan.
Most of the Met's public domain collection of Christian art with the Baptism are from the Renaissance/Baroque period, though some are from the mass-printing period, too. I tried to grab from different periods, rather than be representative of the collection.
I love the artwork. I am always interested in seeing the different interpretations, and today I notice that the Dutch are sure Jesus will be cold coming out of the water and so an angel is nearby to wrap him in a towel (or robe?) The Mexican artist thought Jesus would be chubby, and the Italian thinks the river (Jordan?) is barely a trickle where the baptism occurred. None of these are what comes to my mind when I read the baptism verses.
While the Baptism is the Sunday after Epiphany in the Catholic liturgical calendar (thus, the beginning of January), I'm going to guess that the 30-year-old Jesus was warm enough when he got dunked in the Jordan.
Most of the Met's public domain collection of Christian art with the Baptism are from the Renaissance/Baroque period, though some are from the mass-printing period, too. I tried to grab from different periods, rather than be representative of the collection.