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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.30
People
Follower of Gerard David, Netherlandish (Oudewater c. 1460 - 1523 Bruges)
? Master of Évora, Netherlandish
Previously given to workshop of Gerard David, Netherlandish (Oudewater c. 1460 - 1523 Bruges)
Title
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1515
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227347

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
99.7 x 71.8 cm (39 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.)
framed: 109.7 x 82.1 x 4.7 cm (43 3/16 x 32 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Morton Peabody Prince, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1974

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Morton Peabody Prince
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.30
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)
  • Dr. Maryan W. Ainsworth, Gerard David: Purity of Vision in an Age of Transition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 1998), pp. 42-44
  • Dr. Maryan W. Ainsworth, "Was Simon Bening a Panel Painter?", Als Ich Can: Liber Amicorum in Memory of Professor Dr. Maurits Smeyers, Peeters (Paris, France, 2002), vol. I, pp. 1-25, pp. 7, 9, repr. as ill. 5
  • Didier Martens and Hélène Mund, "Autour de la 'Pentecôte Rapaert' du Maître des Portraits Baroncelli: Modèles et Traditions dans la Peinture Brugeoise à l'aube des Temps Modernes", Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen (2003), pp. 27-32, repr. as fig 27

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 03/21/2022

Verification Level

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