Pentecost

Vasco Fernandes (Grao Vasco) (1475 – 1542)

Discover Vasco Fernandes (Grão Vasco), a pivotal Portuguese Renaissance painter renowned for his Manueline style altarpieces & religious scenes. Explore his Flemish-influenced oil paintings, including 'St. John the Baptist', and legacy as one of Port

Grão Vasco National Museum (Viseu, Portugal)

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This altarpiece was originally painted for the chapel of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of Viseu Cathedral, located at the northern end of the transept. In Pentecost, from the same series, the figures of the apostles in the foreground, St. Peter and St. John, are afforded an impressive visibility, through the scale and dramatic attitude with which they are depicted.At the centre of the composition, framed by the vault that repeats the royal architecture of the Cathedral

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About this artwork

Title: Pentecost
Artist: Vasco Fernandes (Grao Vasco)
Year: 1530
Original dimensions: 237.0 x 216.0 cm
Format: Portrait
Copyright status: Public domain
Where to see it: Grão Vasco National Museum
Main color: Espresso
Perceived brightness: deep_shadow