Le Miracle des Ardents

Gabriel François Doyen's Le Miracle des Ardents is a Baroque history painting in which a luminous, robed figure rises from billowing clouds at the center, surrounded by kneeling and gesturing figures below. A dark architectural façade to the right and dense smoke create a strong chiaroscuro contrast, with a restrained palette of earth tones and bright whites that heighten the dramatic light. The composition uses sweeping diagonals, dynamic poses, and theatrical illumination to convey a miraculous intervention typical of the period’s painterly style.