Transfiguration of Jesus (lunette)

Francesco Torbido, a Veronese painter, created this Transfiguration of Jesus lunette around 1522. The Transfiguration, when Christ's divine glory was revealed to three apostles on Mount Tabor, was one of the most theologically significant subjects in Christian art. The lunette format indicates the painting was positioned above an altarpiece or doorway. The painting is in the Bavarian State Painting Collections.

The lunette's semicircular format shapes the composition, with the radiant figure of Christ at the apex and the overwhelmed apostles below. Torbido's Veronese-Venetian style renders the supernatural light with warm, atmospheric effects.