Pictures for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Year A

This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.

See hymn suggestions for today for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.

Classical

Baptism of Christ

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56066
Artist: Greco, 1541?-1614

Baptism of Christ

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46151
Artist: Jacopino Del Conte, 1541

Baptism of Christ - Mosaic in Cappella Palatina di Palermo

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=47779
Artist: Unknown, 12th cengury

Contemporary

John Baptises Jesus

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48290
Artist: Jesus MAFA Project

Baptism of Christ

Notes: Stained-glass composition by J. Le Breton
Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=51568
Attribution: Le Breton, Jacques ; Gaudin, Jean. Baptism of Christ, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=51568 [retrieved December 28, 2016]. Original source: Collection of Anne Richardson Womack.

John Baptises Jesus

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: English: Biblical illustrations by Jim Padgett, courtesy of Sweet Publishing, Ft. Worth, TX, and Gospel Light, Ventura, CA. Copyright 1984. Released under new license, CC-BY-SA 3.0