Transfiguration

Maestro Bartolomé depicted the Transfiguration around 1493, showing Christ's manifestation of divine glory on Mount Tabor before Peter, James, and John. The Transfiguration was a key theological event demonstrating Christ's divinity and was an important subject in extensive altarpiece cycles. The tempera-on-panel medium required a carefully gessoed surface and was painted in fine, precise layers, yielding a luminous, jewel-like surface of great durability.

Oil on panel with the radiant figure of the transfigured Christ contrasting with the awed apostles below. The composition follows established iconographic models for this subject.