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God the Father
1700–50
- Medium
- Brush and oil on laid paper
- Classification
- Religion
- Dimensions
- 38.5 × 27.4 cm (15 3/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
- Culture
- Italy
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
God the Father is seen descending in a beam of light, with a portion of his robe flying above his head. A cherub, upper left, and numerous seraphs suround him.
