# Transfiguration of Christ [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERONESE, Paolo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 555 x 260 cm ## Commentary Accompanied by Peter, James and John, Jesus had gone to Mount Tabor to pray, where the disciples were witnesses to his transfiguration \(St. Matthew 17, 5\). Unlike <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/5/10trans.html'\)" href="/html/r/raphael/5roma/5/10trans.html">Raphael's Transfiguration,</A> in which the Transfiguration, Resurrection and Ascension are combined in the figure of Christ, Veronese's sticks to the text in emphasizing the mystic moment of transfiguration. Linked in a richly graded scale of colour, Christ, Moses and Elijah greatly resemble the figures in his Coronation of the Virgin \(in San Sebastiano\) in style. The angels tumbling from the clouds and the eloquent gestures of the prostrate disciples provide the dramatic touches. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Aged Oriental with a Young Woman]() - [Allegory of Love, I: Infidelity]() - [Allegory of Love, III: Respect]() - [Allegory of Love, IV: Happy Union]() - [Allegory of Wisdom and Strength]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()