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The picture’s size suggests that it was part of the predella – the lowest part – of a large altarpiece, and it has been connected with other predella panels showing scenes from the lives of John the Baptist and Saint James (now in international collections). They probably came from an altarpiece (now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) that Agnolo Gaddi made for the chapel dedicated to Saint James and the feast of Saint John the Baptist’s beheading in the Florentine church of Santa Maria degli Angeli. Lorenzo Monaco was a pupil of Gaddi, so it’s plausible that he would have been put to work on the smaller predella panels.
Title
The Baptism of Christ
Date
1387-8
Medium
Egg tempera on wood
Measurements
H 38.5 x W 28.5 cm
Accession number
NG4208
Acquisition method
Presented by Viscount Rothermere, 1926
Work type
Painting
