Raffaello, visione di ezechiele, 1518 ca., 03

God the Father appears with outstretched arms, supported by two small angels and the four symbolic creatures: the lion, ox, eagle, and man. In the lower-left landscape, the prophet Ezekiel is shown as a tiny figure illuminated by a single ray of divine light piercing the dark clouds. The composition captures the moment of celestial revelation, contrasting the monumental scale of the divine apparition with the diminutive human world below.

This painting depicts the Merkabah (Divine Chariot), a foundational concept in Jewish mysticism and early Kabbalah (Ma'aseh Merkabah) regarding the ascent to the divine throne. It reflects the Renaissance synthesis of biblical prophecy with Neoplatonic ideas about the hierarchy of the cosmos and the soul's visionary experience.