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Description: | The subject of this painting is the Transfiguration of Christ before the disciples Peter, John and James (traditionally believed to have taken place on Mount Tabor). More specifically, the artist represents the moment when the three disciples, pictured in the lower right corner, are taken aback by the words of God, as §a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!' And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid.§ (Matthew 17. 5-6). The composition, including the figures of Elijah and Moses, is based on the upper section of Raphael's painting of the same subject (1518-20), now in the Vatican Pinacoteca. Traditionally associated with the Spanish school, this painting has more recently been attributed to an un-named Flemish painter, possibly a follower of Willem van Herp. | Subjects: | Moses and Elijah; St Peter; St John; St James); figure; landscape religion (The Transfiguration; Christ | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Herp, Willem van, I (Flemish painter, ca. 1614-1677) Æ Attributed to manner of Previously attributed to Spanish School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8836... | Go to resource |
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