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The Pentecost

Artist: Andrea di Cione.
Date: 1365-1370.
Size: 71 5/8 x 98 1/16 in. (182 x 249 cm).
Medium: Tempera on panels.
Location: The Orcagna Room.
Remarks: The moment in which the Holy Spirit, symbolized by a white dove on the top, appears as tongues of fire and descends upon the Apostles and the Virgin Mary. The event, narrated in the Acts of Apostles (2, 1-4). Commissioned in 1365 to Orcagna for the high altar of the Church of Apostle Saints in Florence.

1365 Accademia Andrea Andrea di Cione Apostoli Cione Florence Galleria Goldbacked High alter Museum Orcagna Painting Pentecost Polyptych Saints Santi Tempera altarpiece alter apostle panel schlegel stephenschlegel tryptic