God the Father
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
Overall, including frame, 20 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (52.1 x 97.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number
41.190.40b
Tags
Art Historical Context
**God the Father** byrogio Bevilacqua is a compelling oil on wood panel painting, measuring 20 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (52.1 x 97.8 cm) overall, including its frame. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Department of European Paintings, this captures the divine figure central to Christian iconography. Oil on wood was a traditional medium in European art, prized for its smooth surface that allowed artists to achieve luminous glazes and intricate details, it ideal for devotional subjects like this majestic portrayal. Bequeathed to the Met in 1941 by George Blumenthal, a noted collector of Renais...