Icon of the New Testament Trinity
1450
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1450
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Icon of the New Testament Trinity is a 1450 unspecified by Unknown, a italo_byzantine work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see three holy figures seated side by side on a golden throne: Christ, God the Father, and a dove between them. This painting is one of the few surviving examples of the "New Testament Trinity" from the 1400s. Most earlier versions showed only Christ. Here, the artist added God the Father as an old man with a white beard, making the scene feel more like a family portrait than a distant vision. To see how other artists painted the same subject, look up byzantium.
