The Pentecost, with the Apostles and the Virgin sitting in a circle, the Holy Spirit appearing above them, and a donor kneeling at left by Frédéric Horthemels
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The Pentecost, with the Apostles and the Virgin sitting in a circle, the Holy Spirit appearing above them, and a donor kneeling at left

Frédéric Horthemels · 1729–40

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Frédéric Horthemels' "The Pentecost, with the Apostles and the Virgin sitting in a circle, the Holy Spirit appearing above them, and a donor kneeling at left" is an etching and engraving dated between 1729 and 1740. The plate measures 44.6 × 28.6 cm, and the sheet is 52.9 × 38.8 cm.

The work was a gift of Harry G. Friedman in 1960 and is classified under Prints in the Drawings and Prints department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. No information regarding the culture of origin, provenance, exhibitions, or literature for this specific piece is provided in the catalogue record.

The artist, Frédéric Horthemels, was a French engraver born in 1688 and died in 1737. His nationality is not explicitly stated in the artist authority record, but he is described as a "French engraver." The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds other works by Horthemels from approximately the same period, including "Adam kneels in grief beside the body of Abel" and "The Virgin Mary adoring the Christ child."

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