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From Index of Christian Art:
System
Number
0054902
Code
43 D484 MInArt P03,001
Location
Detroit: Museum, Institute of Arts
Medium
Enamel
Object Type
Plaque
Description
Christ: Baptism -- Dove of Holy Ghost descending in rays
from arc of heaven on Christ cross-nimbed, nude,
Description
standing in Jordan in which are four fish, with left foot
trampling on double-headed serpent;
Description
to left, John Baptist nimbed, standing on shore, right hand
raised above head of Christ; to right, three nimbed angels
standing on shore, two with hands draped; shrubs.
Subject
Christ: Baptism
Subject
Heaven: Arc
Subject
Serpent
Style
Byzantine
Date
12c.
Provenance
Location Unknown: Collection, Botkin, M. P.
Provenance
Grosse Pointe: Collection, Tannahill, Robert Hudson
Index
Photograph
43 D484 MInArt P3,1 026645 Burlington Magazine, LIII
(1928), fig. D p. 199
Bibliography
Siple, E., "Byzantine Enamels in Detroit, Worcester and
Boston," Burlington Magazine, LIII (1928) , p. 198; fig. D p.
199
Bibliography
Weibel, A., "Byzantine Enamels," Bulletin of the Detroit
Institute of Arts, IX (1928) , pp. 90 ff.; fig. p. 91
Bibliography
Detroit, Institute of Arts, Early Christian, Byzantine and
Romanesque Art (1939) , pp. 26-29; fig. 6
Bibliography
"Annual Report of the Trustees for the Year 1939," Bulletin
of the Detroit Institute of Arts, XIX (1940) , p. 54; fig. p. 45
Bibliography
Ithaca, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Medieval
Treasury (1968) , cat. 16; pp. 109-110; color pl. 16
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Tom Izbicki
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> > Old Russian psalters and a number of Bulgarian icons
> > show vanquished serpents
> > beneath the feet of Jesus as he is baptized in the
> > Jordan. Sometimes they
> > have severed heads; sometimes they are simply pinned
> > down and bloody. I have
> > seen various numbers of snakes (from 2 to 7). Can
> > any of you accomplished
> > medievalists refer me to any other instances of this
> > baptismal motif in early
> > art?
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