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| Guercino God the Father and Angel 1620 oil on canvas Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa |
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| Rinaldo Mantovano God the Father supported by Angels ca. 1529-35 oil on canvas Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
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| Battista Franco God the Father 1552-54 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
"Anyone who reads history can testify to painting's immense reputation not only during ancient times, when all the arts were greatly admired, but in the modern period as well. He will learn that painting was adopted by God himself in the creation of the world, for he colored everything created with variation and so much grace, and expressed his own image in the first man."
– from chapter six of Giovan Paolo Lomazzo's Idea of the Temple of Painting (1590), edited and translated by Jean Julia Chai (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013)
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| Guillaume Courtois Two studies for God the Father ca. 1664-66 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Federico Zuccaro God the Father ca. 1570-80 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Giovanni Francesco Penni God the Father dividing light from darkness ca. 1503-1528 drawing British Museum |
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| Oliviero Gatti after a fresco by Pordenone God the Father creating the world 1615 engraving British Museum |
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| Oliviero Gatti after a fresco by Pordenone God the Father creating Adam 1625 engraving British Museum |
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| Palma il Giovane God the Father with two Angels ca. 1580-1620 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Agostino Ciampelli God the Father surrounded by music-making Angels ca. 1600-1610 drawing British Museum |
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| Alessandro Tiarini God the Father before 1668 drawing Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| Paolo Farinati God the Father before 1606 drawing Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| Sebastiano del Piombo God the Father ca. 1532 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Baccio Bandinelli God the Father before 1560 marble Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence |