
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 Baptism of the Lord, Year B. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.
See hymn suggestions for this Sunday 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=46655Artist: Gérard David (ca. 1460-1523)
License: Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike 3.0
The Baptism of Jesus
Source: https://www.artbible.info/art/large/29.htmlArtist: Paolo Veronese (1528 – 1588)
Baptism of Christ - del Verrocchio and da Vinci
Source: WikimediaArtist: Andrea del Verrocchio (1436–1488) and Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
Baptism of Jesus- Tissot
Source: WikimediaArtist: James Tissot (1836–1902)
Contemporary
Baptism of the Lord
Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56379Artist: Unknown - Painting, panel in Holy Cross Priory, Leicester, Great Britain
Baptism of Jesus
Fresco from Cathedrale de Sainte Trinite (now destroyed) in Port-au-Prince, HaitiSource: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54305
Artist: Castera Bazile (1950)
The Spirit Like a Dove Descended Upon Him
Source: WikimediaAttribution: 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
Line Art
The Baptism of Jesus
Source: http://www.creationism.org/images/DoreBibleIllus/sMar0109Dore_TheBaptismOfJesus.jpgArtist: Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
The spirit descends like a dove as John baptises Jesus
Source: Adapted from https://www.flickr.com/photos/waitingfortheword/5699932125Artist: Unknown / LiturgyTools.net
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/