The Descent of the Holy Spirit (The Pentecost), from The Little Passion Series
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1509–1511
name: label: Print Maker
content: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The Virgin is seated near center foreground, an open book on her lap. The disciples are seated and standing about her, watching the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, as it appears in a ray of light above the Virgin. Monogram of Dürer, near left center.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Leo Wallerstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-170-35
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodcut on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 14.4 × 10.9 cm (5 11/16 × 4 5/16 in.)