# God the Father

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIOVANNI DAL PONTE](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-dal-ponte-r1a0611623311f2>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Tempera on panel, gold ground, 48 x 47 cm

## Commentary

The painting represents God the Father sending forth the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, surrounded by four seraphim. It is a fragment of a pinnacle that would once have formed the apex of the central panel of an altarpiece. The gilt additions with highly decorative punch work, lending the panel its new quadrangular format, were produced in Rome in the early 19th century.

## Related artworks

- [Coronation of the Virgin with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-dal-ponte-r1a0611623311f2/coronation-of-the-virgin-with-saints-r8f66039c787f9f>)
- [God the Father \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-dal-ponte-r1a0611623311f2/god-the-father-detail-rdc2939933d20a8>)
- [Madonna and Child with Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-dal-ponte-r1a0611623311f2/madonna-and-child-with-two-angels-r684d4a6646ea7e>)
- [Virgin and Child with Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-dal-ponte-r1a0611623311f2/virgin-and-child-with-angels-r294b12d660e617>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)