
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
Analyst brief
What the record supports
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."
Generated from the catalogue fields shown on this page. Nartmad does not assert attributions, valuations or prices that no cited source supports.
Comparables
Related holdings by the same hand

Adam kneels in grief beside the body of Abel, while Cain flees in the background
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christ, seated at right, and the woman of Samaria, who stands at left
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Virgin, hands folded on her chest, looking upwards
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Virgin Mary adoring the Christ child, an angel holding a crown of thorns at right
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Self-Portrait
Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape at Chailly
Art Institute of Chicago

Wheellock Gun
Art Institute of Chicago

Rue Frédéric-Sauton, from Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum holdings, not sale records. Auction results are only shown when a licensed price source is connected.
Research assistant