Baptismal (I Give This Child In Baptism)

Title: Baptismal (I Give This Child In Baptism)
Date: 1949
Creator: Romeyn Van Vleck Lippman, 1892-
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Romeyn van Vleck Lippman was a 19th-century painter and educator. Baptismal (I Give This Child to Baptism) depicts a religious scene of a woman preparing to baptize a girl. Both female subjects are dark skinned and standing in water, dressed in white, under a dark sky. The woman is wearing a red kerchief and the girl, a white one.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Religion See all items with this value; Spirituality See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Religious rituals and ceremonies; Prayers; Meditations; Black Feminism
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Painting
Medium: Watercolor
Measurements: 20.125 in. x 20 in.
Format: JPG
HBCU Identifier: 1949.005
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.069
Rights: All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
Contributing Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Source: Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Collection: Atlanta Art Annuals
Language: English