Giulio Romano - Zugeschrieben an - Albertina 193, Die Transfiguration

This monochromatic composition depicts the moment Christ is transformed into divine light, his figure radiating a brilliant sun-like halo. Below him, three disciples shield their eyes and gesture in awe, while the upper register shows God the Father emerging from a celestial host of angels and cherubim. The work uses dramatic highlights to emphasize the central figure as a bridge between the terrestrial and the divine.

The Transfiguration was a central theme for Renaissance Neoplatonists like Marsilio Ficino, who interpreted the event as an archetype for the soul's 'deification' through the contemplation of divine light. It represents the intersection of the human and the divine, aligning with the Hermetic and Neoplatonic pursuit of spiritual ascent and the 'intelligible sun.'