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della Francesca's Baptism of Christ

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Original – The Baptism of Christ (1848–50), Piero della Francesca; a sublime picture and one of the gems of the National Gallery. According to our article, "It portrays Christ being baptised by John, his head surmounted by a dove representing the Holy Spirit. Christ, John's hand, the bird and the bowl form an axis which divides the painting in two symmetrical parts. A second division is created by the tree on the left, which instead divides it according to the golden ratio." So there you go.

Reason

Superb image of a major work

Articles in which this image appears

The Baptism of Christ (Piero della Francesca)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Piero della Francesca

• Support as nominator – SchroCat (talk) 00:11, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support -AW!! My favourite, Schro! One of the most wonderful picture in the whole world. Just excellent. Hafspajen (talk) 01:50, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:34, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Jobas (talk) 14:58, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
• Support I can certainly see the appeal, even if the emotional reaction isn't that strong for me. Gorgeous work. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:36, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Eh. This is a painting where the painter have calculated everything, even the smallest details to that they should fit the according to the golden ratio. It is a masterpiece of the very first divison. Hafspajen (talk) 21:39, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Piero, battesimo di cristo 04.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:13, 10 March 2015 (UTC)