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The Baptism of Christ

Christ stands in the Jordan as John baptizes him, the Spirit descending and the Father's voice naming him the beloved Son (Matthew 3). A tempera icon by the Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev.

The Baptism of Christ by Andrei Rublev depicting Matthew 3:13
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Depicted passages

Matthew 3:13-17Primary
Portrait of Andrei Rublev

About Andrei Rublev

1360-1430 · Russian

Andrei Rublev was a medieval Russian iconographer canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. Surviving works attributed to him include the Hospitality of Abraham (the icon often called the "Old Testament Trinity") and the festal tier of the Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin (c. 1405).

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