El Greco 1541 – 1614
Pentecost
oil on canvas (275 × 127 cm) — c. 1600
This work is linked to Acts 2:2
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Acts 2 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto th
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The flames of the Holy Ghost descend on Mary and the twelve apostles. The bald apostle who looks at the spectator could be a self-portrait.
El Greco made this painting as part of an altarpiece for the church of the monastery Lady Mary of Aragon in Madrid. The altarpiece also included an Annunciation, Baptism, Crucifixion and Resurrection.
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