DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

Pentecost

c. 1520-30

Artists

Bernard van OrleyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal, black chalk, stumped, and gray wash, center line, framing lines and indications of saddle bars and T-bar in red chalk on six joined sheets of antique laid paper, mounted on Japanese paper; scattered touches of graphite restoration

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

89.7 x 60.1 cm (35 5/16 x 23 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Perhaps Van Parijs, Brussels, by descent; to his heirs, sold; [Muller, Amsterdam, 11-12 January 1878, within lot 322.] Franck, Brussels, sold; via Pascal Ruys Raquez; to André Leysen, Antwerp, sold; [Sotheby's, New York, 25 January 2002, lot 18, repr.], bought in and subsequently sold; to Harvard University Art Museums; Marian H. Phinney Fund, Agnes Mongan Purchase Fund, William C. Heilman Fund and through the generosity of David Rust, Howard Lepow, an anonymous donor, the Weingart Foundation and the DBH Foundation, 2002.22.

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