Retable of the Pentecost
Vivarini, Alvise
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Alternative Titles
Pfingstretabel
Pfingstaltar
Date
1478Description
Detail, the Virgin and Apostles (Peter at center) with Pentecostal flame; One of the works of the Gemäldegalerie on exhibition at the Bode Museum. Alvise or Luigi Vivarini was the leading Venetian artist before Giovanni Bellini. Like Bellini, he was part of a family dynasty of painters. The upper tier features the Risen Christ surrounded by angels and saints, below the Holy Spirit descends on the Virgin and Apostles, shown with the Pentecostal flame, surrounded by saints (fathers of the church). The Gothic frame of the retable is elaborately carved and pierced. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/12/2013)
Type of Work
altarpiece; painting (visual work)Subject
New Testament, saints, Apostles, Jesus Christ, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, Venetian, Renaissance
Rights
Rights Statement
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