# God the Father

- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/97437)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/4c6d7fc5e5f463f34a8cf725cd1b7bb0.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.