# The Transfiguration [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Russian]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Egg tempera on gessoed panel with gilding, 78 x 61 cm ## Commentary The Transfiguration 16th century Egg tempera on gessoed panel with gilding, 78 x 61 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The Gospel account of Christ in Glory on the summit of Mount Tabor is presented here in brief and with certain peculiarities. The whiteness of his clothing is stressed by the dark background in the form of a red six-pointed star with gold rays, inscribed in a circle instead of the traditional almond-shaped mandorla. ## Related artworks - [Exaltation of the Cross]() - [Icon of St Theodore Stratilates and St Theodore Tyron]() - [Icon of the Transfiguration]() - [Luke Paints the Icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria]() - [Mandylion]() - [Resurrection of Christ and the Harrowing of Hell]() - [St Luke the Apostle and Evangelist]() - [St Nicholas the Wonder-Worker]() - [St Nicholas with Scenes from his Life]() - [St Nicholas with Scenes from His Life]() - [Synaxis of All Saints]() - [The Apostle Peter]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()