The Transfiguration

c. 1570s/1580s

Ercole Setti

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Ercole Setti

Artist, Italian, 1530 - 1617

The image depicts several figures in a circular composition against a cloud-filled background. In the center, a figure is shown levitating with arms outstretched. Their face is partly obscured by an aura, with visible features of a bearded visage and long hair. Surrounding this central figure are two seated individuals draped in robes holding tablet-like objects. In the lower portion, three figures are shown in kneeling or seated poses with bowed or turned heads, clothed in robes. The background features swirling clouds.

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Provenance

Private collection, France, from 1960. (Didier Aaron et Cie, Paris); purchased 2020 by NGA.

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