Francesco Trevisani
St. Peter Baptizing the Centurion Cornelius
1709
Oil on canvas
Pinacoteca Civica di Jesi, Ancona, Italy
The conversion of the centurion Cornelius is related in Acts 10:1-49. St. Peter is depicted with the traditional short, square beard but without his keys. He baptizes Cornelius by pouring a little water over him from a small bowl, a practice common in 1709 but less so in the early Christian centuries. (See Senn, 94.)
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