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Landscape with the Baptism of the Eunuch

Landscape with the Baptism of the Eunuch

Artist/Maker (Dutch, 1576–ca. 1633)
Date1599–1600
MediumPen and brown ink with blue and gray wash, and white heightening on paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 10 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (27.3 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineFriends of Art Fund
Object number1950.124
Status
Not on view
More Information
Vinckboons, a master of dense woodland views, frequently used colored washes to enhance the effect of light filtering through a leafy canopy. The subject here is the encounter between the Apostle Philip, en route to Gaza, and a high-ranking eunuch in the service of the Ethiopian queen. Philip explained a difficult passage in the Book of Isaiah to the eunuch in Christological terms, demonstrating that Jesus was the son of God prophesied there. The eunuch was so convinced that he converted to Christianity and was baptized by Philip in a nearby stream (Acts 8:26-38).
Exhibition History
Paintings and Drawings from Five Centuries: Collection Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (February 3, 1954 - February 21, 1954 )
Drawings and Watercolors from the Oberlin Collection
  • University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (March 11, 1956 - April 1, 1956 )
Masterworks from American University Museums
  • Radhus, Malmo, Sweden (June 30, 1956 - July 15, 1956 )
  • Centraal Museum, Utrecht (August 4, 1956 - September 9, 1956 )
  • Birmingham, England (September 18, 1956 - October 15, 1956 )
  • Senate House, University of London (October 22, 1956 - October 27, 1956 )
  • King's College, University of Durham, England (November 5, 1956 - November 17, 1956 )
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (December 7, 1956 - December 31, 1956 )
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Liege, Beligum (January 12, 1957 - February 10, 1957 )
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lyons, France (March 9, 1957 - April 22, 1957 )
  • Marburg University Museum, Germany (May 8, 1957 - May 26, 1957 )
  • Tubingen University Museum, Germany (June 5, 1957 - June 30, 1957 )
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, Besançon, France (July 8, 1957 - August 1, 1957 )
An American University Collection: Works of Art from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
  • Kenwood House, London (May 3, 1962 - October 30, 1962 )
Oberlin Friends of Art: 25 Years of Collecting
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 5, 1963 - March 26, 1963 )
Treasures from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (July 21, 1966 - September 11, 1966 )
Eighteen Master Drawings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 6, 1973 - December 31, 1973 )
Working Drawings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 24, 1981 - April 27, 1981 )
Print Council Exhibition: Selections from the Prints and Drawings Collection at the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 5, 1988 - June 5, 1988 )
Setting the Scene: Landscaping in Prints and Drawings from the 16th through the 19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 10, 1993 - November 7, 1993 )
European Master Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 29, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Picturing the Land
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 9, 2021 - August 13, 2021 )
Collections
  • European
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