Drawing, Vision During a Mass, ca. 1630, Belisario Corenzio, circa 1630

Worshippers kneel at the steps of the altar. The priest officiating the mass, his back turned to the congregation is looking up in rapture, hands raised in amazement, to a vision of god the father high on a cloud, upheld by angels, overlooking the mass below, while the dove of the holy spirit shines the light upon the scriptures proferred by angels. Date: circa 1630. Dimensions: 35.9 x 16.3 cm (14 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.). Medium: gouache, laid paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Vision During a Mass, ca. 1630 (CH 18550781)