1870
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Baptism is a 1870 by Alphonse Legros, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows three people in a dim room with rough wooden walls. The woman in the center wears a dark coat and a white headscarf, her hands folded over her chest. To her left, an older man in a dark hat looks away. To her right, a bearded man holds a string of beads, his face half-lit. The woman’s calm expression stands out against the others’ intensity. The lighting is simple but focused, making shadows deep and faces stand out. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how this lighting works.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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