![Nude Study for the “Crafts”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/71139_2000_2000-887x1100.jpg)
![Nude Study for the “Crafts”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/71139_2000_2000-887x1100.jpg)
![Study for “Fortune”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/71098_2000_2000-793x1100.jpg)
![Study of the Drapery for the “Crafts”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/71079_2000_2000-761x1100.jpg)
![Movement Study of the Allegorical Figures around the Chariot](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/71078_2000_2000-1437x1100.jpg)
![Study of a Foot for the “Crafts”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/70436_2000_2000-815x1100.jpg)
![Spring Symphony](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/61210_2000_2000-1480x1100.jpg)
![The Liberal Arts and their Spirits](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/63193_2000_2000-1771x1100.jpg)
![The Apotheosis of Bavaria](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/71038_2000_2000-1906x1100.jpg)
![Colour Study of the Allegorical Figures following the Chariot (the “Fortune”, the “Industry”, the “Trade” the “Crafts) and “Bavaria”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71146_2000_2000-1320x1100.jpg)
![Study for the Allegorical Figures following the Chariot (“Industry”, “Trade”, the “Crafts”)](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71145_2000_2000-1337x1100.jpg)
![Study for the Drapery of “Industry”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71140_2000_2000-873x1100.jpg)
![Study for the Head of “Commerce”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71138_2000_2000-635x1100.jpg)
![Study for the “Crafts”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71137_2000_2000-903x1100.jpg)
![Study of Hand and Drapery for “Science”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71108_2000_2000-1587x1100.jpg)
![Study for “Poetry”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71102_2000_2000-671x1100.jpg)
![Study for the Head of “Crafts”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71099_2000_2000-843x1100.jpg)
![Nude studies for the “Crafts” and for “Industry” (initial stage)](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71097_2000_2000-835x1100.jpg)
![Study of the Drapery for “Bavaria”](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71085_2000_2000-639x1100.jpg)
![Behold the Bridegroom Arriving](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/71045_2000_2000-1099x1100.jpg)
Great painter Nikolaos Gyzis had strong religious and metaphysical feelings and questions in the latter part of his life. It is in this context that the magnificent, transcendental work on the Second Coming was born. The artist did many studies in preparation for this work. Some of them, verging on the abstract, their protagonist being the light, are on display adjacent to this work. Christ appears on the throne, illuminated against a golden-purple background. Golden clouds form homocentric circles around him. Golden rays emanate from the figure of Christ across the entire work. The Coming of the Saviour is heralded by four angels with trumpets, while Archangel Gabriel is flying above on the top of the composition. Myriads of angels are kneeling on the great staircase which frames the scene, leading to Christ, celebrating his coming. The work is also inspired by the Apocalypse of St John, but Gyzis, as he wrote in a letter, did not see Christ as a punisher and avenger, but as a sweet god who came to bring to the world light, salvation and comfort.
![Mother of God, study](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/70659_2000_2000-851x1100.jpg)
![Behold the Bridegroom](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/70563_2000_2000-1198x1100.jpg)
![Behold the Bridegroom](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/70562_2000_2000-1096x1100.jpg)
![Behold the Bridegroom](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/70561_2000_2000-969x1100.jpg)
![Behold the Bridegroom](https://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/70559_2000_2000-1021x1100.jpg)