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DiaporamaPentecost
1530
237.0 x 216.0 cm
Grão Vasco National Museum
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)
Explore Renaissance masterpieces by Grão Vasco at Viseu’s National Museum! Discover stunning altarpieces & artworks from Portugal's historic seminary, showcasing faith and artistic brilliance.
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
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
- Color palette: Earthy
- Main color: Espresso
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