Artist: Salvator Rosa
Size: 200 x 121 cm
Museum: Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, United States)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
Baroque artists infused high drama into even minor Bible stories. In this scene, the evangelist Philip is converting an Ethiopian official whom he met while travelling to Gaza (Acts 8:26–39). Amid raised arms and glinting light, Philip baptizes the Ethiopian, who bows humbly at his feet. Many viewers would have seen the convert’s turban and golden cloak as exotic—features that emphasized the Catholic Church’s new enthusiasm for proselytizing to the entire world.71.525
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