The Baptism of Christ

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Sébastien Bourdon (French, Montpellier 1616–1671 Paris)
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Overall 59 3/4 x 46 1/2 in. (151.8 x 118.1 cm); painted surface (oval) 59 1/8 x 45 1/2 in. (150.2 x 115.6 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, George T. Delacorte Jr. Gift, 1974
Accession no.: 1974.2

Christ Receiving the Children
Sébastien Bourdon
c. 1655 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00000610
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Sébastien Bourdon
1657–58 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001041
A Classical Landscape
Sébastien Bourdon
probably 1660s · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00014626
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Sébastien Bourdon
mid-17th century · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00019063