The Transfiguration

Origin: Possibly painted in St Petersburg – Russia
Age: 2nd half of the XIXth Century
Composition: Details in gold, tempera on wood
Measures Cms: 31,7 X 26,5 X 2,7

Christ rises to the Tabor mount along with his disciples Peter, James and John. The mountain is the stage of the meeting with God and of his revelation. In the summit of the Tabor, the disciples, weakened and in the delight the state, see the deified body of Jesus on a cloud, between Cradle and Eliah (two visionaries of the Ancient Testament). In this moment, the disciples fell down face in ground, knocked down by the light that comes from the luminous aura about Christ’s body. To the wings they are Venerable Macarius of Egypt and Martyr Irene.