The ''Transfiguration'' is a tempera-on-panel painting by Italian painter
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 29 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father, ...
, created ''c.'' 1454–1460. It depicts the Gospel episode the
Transfiguration of Jesus
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. It is held in the
Museo Correr
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in
Venice
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.
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna (, ; ; September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Ancient Rome, Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini.
Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with Perspective (graphical), pe ...
was staying in the city of Venice at this time and his influence on Bellini was still strong at this time, as can be seen in this work. A fake set of initials in the lower right hand corner even led it to be misattributed to Mantegna for a time. Its provenance is unknown before 1830 since by the time he left it to Venice that year
Teodoro Correr had destroyed all the documents relating to its previous history and ownership.
[ Pierluigi De Vecchi ed Elda Cerchiari, I tempi dell'arte, volume 2, Bompiani, Milano 1999. ]
It shows the
Transfiguration on
Mount Tabor
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In the Hebrew Bi ...
, with Elijah and Moses flanking Christ; below them are the disciples
Peter
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People
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* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a su ...
,
James and
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
blinded by the vision.
References
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Collection of the Museo Correr
1460 paintings
Paintings by Giovanni Bellini
Bellini