Old Testament Figures in Paradise

A lunette-shaped oil painting of robed figures gathered on clouds beneath a dark, luminous sky. A winged figure descends at upper left while a seated woman, a man in green, and a bearded elder in a rust-red cloak occupy the center and right. Soft light falls across the billowing clouds.

Artist

Don Francisco Bayeu y Subías

Date

1751–60

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 686 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Everett L. Millard and Mrs. John H. Harmon in memory of their mother, Mrs. Charles T. Boynton